Emil Ermatinger

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Emil Ermatinger, 1914

Emil Ermatinger (born May 21, 1873 in Schaffhausen , Switzerland ; † September 17, 1953 in Zurich ) was a Swiss German studies specialist .

Life

Emil Ermatinger was the youngest of five children of Martin Ermatinger and Maria Helena, b. Möckli, born. After receiving his doctorate in 1897, Ermatinger initially worked as a high school teacher in Winterthur . In the same year he published his first volume of poetry. In 1899 he married Barbara Anna Kunz. In 1902 he published his first short stories. From 1909 he was professor of German literature at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum and from 1912 to 1943 at the University of Zurich . In 1939 he was visiting professor for a semester at Columbia University in New York.

Works

  • Gottfried Keller's life, letters and diaries. Due to the biography Jakob Baechtolds shown , 3 volumes 1915-18
  • German poetry in its historical development from Herder to the present , 2 volumes 1921
  • The poetic work of art. Basic concepts of judgment formation in the history of literature , 1921
  • Interpretation of the world in Grimmelshausen's Simplicius Simplizissimus , 1925
  • Baroque and Rococo in German Poetry , 1926
  • Poetry and Spiritual Life in German-speaking Switzerland , 1933
  • German Culture in the Age of Enlightenment , 1935
  • Judge life and years of work . Autobiography in two volumes, 1943/45
  • German poets 1700–1900. A history of ideas in life pictures , 2 volumes 1948/49

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personal data
SURNAME Ermatinger, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1953
Place of death Zurich