Ernst Elster (German Studies)
Ernst August Eduard Jakob Elster (born April 26, 1860 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 6, 1940 in Marburg ) was a German writer and Germanist . From 1895 to 1928 he was a professor at the University of Marburg .
Life
Elster passed the Abitur in 1879 at the Thomasschule Leipzig. From 1879 to 1884 he studied law, economics, camera science and philology in Tübingen, Jena, Leipzig and Berlin. In 1884 Friedrich Zarncke received his doctorate as Dr. phil. in philology at the University of Leipzig on contributions to the criticism of Lohengrin . In 1888 he completed his habilitation in German literature and language at the University of Leipzig on the genesis of Don Carlos . From 1886 to 1888 Elster worked as a lecturer at the University of Glasgow .
From 1888 to 1892 Elster was a private lecturer in German literature and language at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig, from 1892 to 1895 Associate Professor of German Literature and Language there, 1895–1903 Associate Professor of Modern German Language and Literature at the University of Marburg , 1904–1928 Full professor of modern German language and literature at the University of Marburg. In 1914, immediately before the First World War, he held a visiting professorship at Cornell University in Ithaca / USA. He turned down a call to London in 1903. Students were u. a. Hans Böttcher , Willi Flemming , Harry Maync , Rudolf Fahrner and Max Kommerell . Through the deputy head of the Scientific Examination Office in Marburg and the chairmanship of the German Association of Germanists (1912–1922), he strongly influenced teacher training .
During the First World War, as rector of the University of Marburg in 1915/16, he also appeared as a nationalist speaker, but after 1918/19 he was loyal to the republic and as the editor of the authoritative Heinrich Heine edition at a distance from anti-Semitism . In November 1933 he was one of the signatories of the professors' commitment at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state .
research
Elster strove to capture literary styles with the help of Wundt's apperception psychology . He published the results of these investigations in the second volume of his work, Principles of Literary Studies .
Publications (selection)
- (Ed.): Heinrich Heines all works , 7 vols., Leipzig 1890.
- (Ed.): Contributions to German literary studies (1907–1931).
- Principles of Literary Studies , 2 volumes, Halle 1897/1911.
- The Heine Strauss Collection, a directory. Elwert, Marburg 1929. Digitized
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Elster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ernst Elster (Germanist) in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of the courses given by Ernst Elster (Germanist) at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1889 to winter semester 1901)
- Elster, Ernst August Eduard Jakob. Hessian biography. (As of April 26, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5758, p. 314 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magpie, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elster, Ernst August Eduard Jakob (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1940 |
| Place of death | Marburg |