Daniel Georg Morhof
Daniel Georg Morhof (born February 6, 1639 in Wismar ; † July 30, 1691 in Lübeck ) was a well-known German literary historian and polyhistor .
Life
Morhof was the son of a lawyer from Wismar and studied in Rostock under Johann Lauremberg and Andreas Tscherning . After Tscherning's death in 1660 he took over his chair for poetry. In 1665 he accepted an appointment at the newly founded University of Kiel , where he later became a professor of history and librarian and wrote his most important works. He died on July 30, 1691 in Lübeck after returning home from Bad Pyrmont .
Insignificant as a poet, Morhof is nevertheless very important as the founder of general literary history, namely through the works Teaching of the German Language and Poetry , in which he also gives an overview of the non-European literatures, and Polyhistor . Both works were of considerable importance for the development of German poetry theory beyond the Baroque period .
Works (selection)
- De metallorum transmutatione ad… Joelem Langelottum Serenissimi Principis Cimbrtici Archiatrum Celeberrimum Epistola. Hamburg u. Amsterdam 1673 ( digitized version , copy from the Herzog August Library ).
- Anon. German practice udT From gold making. Bayreuth 1704 etc.
- Opera poetica. Lübeck 1697 ( digitized at CAMENA ).
- Polyhistor, Literarius, Philosophicus Et Practicus. Lübeck 1688 etc. (Repr. Aalen 1970, digitized version of the 3rd edition Lübeck 1732 , copy from the Herzog August Library ).
- Lessons in the German language and poetry. Kiel 1682. ( Digitized and full text in the German Text Archive , Ndr., Ed. H. Boetius, Bad Homburg 1969; without the poem examples).
Literature (selection)
- Italo Michele Battafarano: Vico and Morhof. In: Italo Michele Battafarano: From Andreae to Vico. Studies on the relationship between German and Italian literature in the 17th century. with a report on Italian research on German literature of the 16th and 17th centuries. (1945–1978) (= Stuttgart work on German studies. 66). Akademischer Verlag Heinz, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-88099-067-0 , pp. 171-198.
- Adalbert Elschenbroich: Morhof, Daniel Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 127 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Marie Kern: Daniel Georg Morhof. Vorderpfälzische Genossenschafts-Druckerei, Landau / Pfalz 1928, (Freiburg im Breisgau, University, dissertation 1928).
- Knut Kiesant: On the reception of late medieval literature in the 17th century. Daniel Georg Morhof. In: German literature of the Middle Ages. Vol. 3, 1986, ISSN 0233-1217 , pp. 376-385.
- Sigmund von Lempicki: History of German literary studies up to the end of the 18th century. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1920, pp. 117–120, 150–171 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ), (2nd, revised edition with an index of subjects and persons as well as a chronological catalog raisonné. Ibid 1968).
- Rochus von Liliencron : Morhof, Daniel Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 236-242.
- Thomas Neukirchen : Inscriptio. Rhetoric and poetics of the astute inscription in the Baroque era (= studies on German literature. 152). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1999, ISBN 3-484-18152-4 (also: Berlin, Technical University, dissertation, 1997).
- Françoise Waquet (Ed.): Mapping the World of Learning. The "Polyhistor" of Daniel Georg Morhof (= Wolfenbütteler Forschungen. 91). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-447-04399-7 .
List of works and references
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691). In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints. Volume 4. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7772-9122-6 , pp. 2807-48.
Web links
- Daniel Georg Morhof in the Rostock matriculation portal
- Entry on Daniel Georg Morhof in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Literature by and about Daniel Georg Morhof in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Daniel Georg Morhof in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Daniel Georg Morhof in VD 17 .
- Literature about Daniel Georg Morhof in the state bibliography MV
- Digitized prints by Daniel Georg Morhof in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
- Polyhistor , Lübeck 1688 (uncorrected E-Text)
- Polyhistor , Lübeck 1747 (digitized version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Daniel Georg Morhof's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Morhof, Daniel Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary historian and polyhistor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1639 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1691 |
Place of death | Lübeck near Bad Pyrmont |