Ernst Eckstein (writer)

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Ernst Eckstein

Ernst Eckstein (born February 6, 1845 in Gießen , † November 18, 1900 in Dresden ) was a German writer .

Life

The son of a court judge studied law , philosophy and philology in Gießen, Bonn and Marburg and received his doctorate in 1866.

Eckstein then worked as a freelance writer (trips to southern and western Europe). In 1872 he became a member of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse , was from 1874 to 1882 he editor of Leipzig German poet hall , a bi-weekly magazine, for which he as an employee at that time prominent authors Felix Dahn , Emanuel Geibel , Karl Gutzkow or Paul Heyse win could. The German Poets' Hall made a name for itself above all “as a representative organ of Wilhelminian style poetry”. In between, Eckstein ran his own publishing houseand was editor of the satirical magazine Schalk from 1879 to 1882 .

Eckstein was one of the "most widely read writers of the early days". His school humor, The Visit im Carcer (continued in advance in November 1872 in the Münchener Fliegende Blätter ), of which 57 editions appeared between 1875 and 1902 (also in Reclam's Universal Library , most recently in 1952), became extremely popular . It is considered a role model for Heinrich Spoerl's Feuerzangenbowle .

Eckstein died in Dresden in 1900 and was buried in the Trinitatisfriedhof .

Eckstein has made a lasting name for himself as the founder of high school humor; his versatile work, however, has been forgotten. “Because he also dealt with such diverse literary genres as comic and grotesque epics, feature pages, travel impressions, mood pictures, essays, poetry, short stories and contemporary novels. [...] In the socially critical novel Hartwig Family, for example, the economic problems with which the small and medium-sized craft and the petty bourgeoisie are confronted in view of the increasing economic dominance of large commercial enterprises are described. ”Eckstein also wrote numerous historical novels with themes from Roman antiquity. He achieved particular importance as a knowledgeable pioneer in the arts of the arts. Eckstein was the first to delve into the essence and the still young history of the feature pages in Germany.

Works

  • Venus Urania (Epic), 1872
  • The visit to the carcer. Humorous . With 6 original illustrations by G. Sundblad. Leipzig: Hartknoch 1875
  • Humoresken (2 vol.), 1875/82
  • Contributions to the history of the feuilleton (2 vols.), 1876
  • Lisa Toscanella (novella), 1876
  • Pariser Leben (Reisefeuilletons), 1876. Fourth, increased and improved edition, Leipzig 1878 digitized
  • Madeleine poem, 1877
  • A pessimist (comedy), 1877
  • Storm Night (short stories, 2 vols.), 1878
  • The Claudians (novel, 3 vols.), 1881 ( digitized )
  • Prusias. Novel from the last century of the Roman Republic (3 vols.), 1884
  • Aphrodite (novel from Old Hellas), 1886
  • Nero (novel, 3 vols.), 1889
  • The Child (novella), 1893
  • Do we understand German? Folk Language Studies , 1894
  • Hartwig family (novel), 1894
  • Kyparissus (novel), 1895
  • Roderich Löhr (novel), 1896
  • Ebb and Flow (poems), 1897
  • Willibald Menz. Lava floods (novel), 1898
  • The convent pupil (novel), 1899
  • The fairy tale princess (novel), 1901
  • Collected School Humor , 1907
  • Selected novels . 6 vols. Dresden: Reissner 1910

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karola Rimmel: Ernst Eckstein Bibliography. Fernwald: Litblockon-Verl., 1993, p. 12
  2. ↑ Karola Rimmel: Ernst Eckstein Bibliography. Fernwald: Litblockon-Verl., 1993, p. 14 ff.
  3. ↑ Todtenschau . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 1, 1901, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Karola Rimmel: Ernst Eckstein Bibliography. Fernwald: Litblockon-Verl., 1993, p. 15
  5. ↑ Kyparissus. In: WorldCat

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SURNAME Eckstein, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1900
Place of death Dresden