Christoph Sigismund Grüner

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Christoph Sigismund Grüner (born January 20, 1757 in Kynau in Silesia ; died December 17, 1808 in Vienna ) was a German actor and writer.

Life

Grüner was the son of a forester. He studied in Halle and Jena , but soon went to the theater as an actor and in 1775 was a member of the Wäserschen troupe in Posen . From 1782 or 1783 he was a member of the Schuch Society , went to the newly built theater in Reval in 1795 , but returned to Schuch in 1797 after its failure. In 1799 he played in Breslau and in 1804 he was a director in Düsseldorf, after which he lived in Danzig.

For many years Grüner was the house poet of the Schuch Society and wrote a number of plays. He was also a very prolific writer of popular novels. In addition, Grüner published mostly anonymous theatrical reformation writings, including in Teutscher Merkur , in which he spoke out in favor of better training and social security for actors. His experiences of life are a collection of advice for a healthy lifestyle in the tradition of educational dietetics .

The female characters designed in his entertainment novels are remarkable. In Henriette von Detten and its sequels, for example, Grüner creates gallant heroines who are intent on implementing social reform ideas and asserting their own rights and those of their children - also as a counterpart to the moral, domestically tolerant female figures in Christiane Sophie Ludwig or Wilhelmine, for example Karoline von Wobeser . With reference to the ancient hetaerae model , a female educational ideal is designed, which, in addition to the development of intellectual abilities, includes an "art of love" that is intended to be teachable and learnable and ennobles the "raw sensuality" and is intended to guarantee the loyalty of the partner. In the foreword by Henriette von Detten he writes about the hetaerae and German women:

"They gave the smallest pleasure with soul, they belonged to Allen, who understood wrest the fine kind of enjoyment taste, they were therefore under the business brought up that accompanied no abuse and no prejudice; for already Solon granted them citizenship, while the Enlightenment and the spirit of the age demanded that they must be educated and wealthy!

That Greek femininity also lies in the organization of German femininity - that is what I want to say and describe; German girls, too , that is, well-behaved ones, like to sprinkle the ground with flowers on which they suspect their own bed! "

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  1. ↑ Grüner: Henriette von Detten. Cologne 1803, p. V f.
personal data
SURNAME Gruener, Christoph Sigismund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grüner, Christoph Sigmund; Grüner, Christoph Siegmund; Schankilius, Jocosus Hilarius (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Kynau
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1808
Place of death Vienna