Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg
Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg (born January 24, 1744 in Moitzlin near Kolberg , † May 4, 1796 in Leipzig ) was a German literary scholar and writer.
family
Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg came from the old Pomeranian noble family von Blanckenburg . His parents were Dionysius Friedrich von Blanckenburg and a cousin of Ewald Christian von Kleist .
Life
Blanckenburg received military training in Berlin . From there, the Jung-Krockow Dragoon Regiment initially took him into service. With the rank of ensign , Blanckenburg experienced the end of the Seven Years' War , in which he was seriously wounded. Nevertheless, he did not say goodbye to Prussian virtue and conscientiously until 1776, now with the rank of lieutenant colonel , when he renounced supply or civilian employment.
Blanckenburg already dealt with literary history during his active service. His best-known work, the experiment on the novel , appeared as early as 1774 . Only after leaving the military did he settle down as a freelance writer in Leipzig, where he found his sphere of activity and center of life from then on.
Christoph Martin Wieland wrote about him:
“Blankenburg in Leipzig is one of the most excellent people he has ever met. For his sake he wishes to be able to live in Leipzig. He still had the loyauté of an old Prussian officer, the unvarnished attacks on women that were so peculiar to the old Prussian warriors, and an all-encompassing, excellently digested erudition. "
Christian Felix Weisse also belonged to Blanckenburg's close circle of friends .
Works
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Try about the novel. Leipzig 1774 ( full text )
- Eberhard Lämmert (Ed.): Friedrich von Blanckenburg. Try about the novel. Facsimile edition with table of contents, index, epilogue, etc. Biographical note. Metzler, Stuttgart 1965.
- Contributions to the history of the German Empire and German customs. Leipzig 1775 ( full text )
- History and representation of the Brandenburg and Prussian soldiers. Leipzig 1796 ( full text )
- About historical certainty. Leipzig 1796
- Literary additions to Johann George Sulzer's general theory of the fine arts. Leipzig 1797 ( full text )
- Character and life story of Herr von Seydlitz. Leipzig 1797 ( full text )
literature
- Arthur Richter: Blanckenburg, Christian Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 689.
- Jürgen Sang: Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg and his theory of the novel. Diss. Munich 1966
- Kurt Schreinert: Blan (c) kenburg, Christian Friedrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 284 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Vosskamp : Romantic theory in Germany from Martin Opitz to Friedrich von Blanckenburg. Stuttgart 1973
- K. Wölfel: Friedrich von Blanckenburg's "attempt on the novel". In: R. Grimm (ed.): German romantic theories. Contributions to a historical poetics of the novel in Germany. Frankfurt / M. 1968, pp. 29-60
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg at Zeno.org .
- Hansjörg Schelle: Wieland's correspondence with Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg. In: Lessing Yearbook 1986, Volume XVII, pp. 176–194
- Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg: Attempt on the novel (1774)
- Portrait of Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg (with description) in the Gleimhaus Halberstadt
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SURNAME | Blanckenburg, Christian Friedrich von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blanckenburg, Friedrich; Blankenburg, Christian Friedrich; Blankenburg, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1744 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moitzlin near Kolberg |
DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1796 |
Place of death | Leipzig |