Fritz Ernst (literary scholar)

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Fritz Ernst (born June 14, 1889 in Winterthur , † March 26, 1958 in Zurich ) was a Swiss literary scholar and essayist .

Life

Ernst studied German in Berlin and Zurich , a. a. with Adolf Frey . In 1915 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on romantic irony . From 1917 to 1947 he worked as a high school teacher at the daughter school in Zurich. From 1943 he was professor of literary history at the ETH Zurich and from 1948 professor of comparative literature at the University of Zurich . Since 1950 he was a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry .

Ernst wrote (essayistic) literature studies of a conservative-culture-critical nature. During the Third Reich and the intellectual national defense and beyond, he tried to give Switzerland an intellectual foundation.

His son Klaus Ernst (1924-2010) became a psychiatrist and director of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Zurich.

Fonts (selection)

  • The romantic irony . Schulthess & Co., Zurich 1915 (Diss.)
  • Studies in European Literature , 1930
  • Switzerland as a spiritual mediator from Muralt to Jacob Burckhardt , 1931
  • William Tell. Sheets from his history of fame . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1936; Swiss publishing house, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-7263-6245-2
  • The mission of the small state. Speeches and debates . Atlantis, Zurich 1940
  • From Goethe's circle of friends. Studies around Peter in the Baumgarten . Rentsch, Erlenbach 1941; Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 1955 ( Suhrkamp Library , Volume 30)
  • Sense of nature and love of the country . Society of former students of the ETH, Zurich 1945
  • Essays . 3 volumes. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1946
  • From homesickness. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1949
  • The Pestalozzi miracle . Essai. Tschudy, St. Gallen 1951
  • From Zurich to Weimar. 100 years of spiritual growth 1732–1832 . Artemis, Zurich 1953
  • Helvetism . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1954
  • Does Swiss national literature exist? Tschudy, St. Gallen 1955

Late essays . Atlantis, Zurich 1963

literature

  • Daniel Bodmer: The essayist Fritz Ernst (1889-1958) . Beer, Zurich 1978

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personal data
SURNAME Ernst, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss literary scholar and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1958
Place of death Zurich