Johann Adolf Schlegel
Johann Adolph Schlegel , modernized Johann Adolf Schlegel , (born September 17, 1721 in Meißen , † September 16, 1793 in Hanover ) was a German poet and Protestant clergyman , brother of Johann Elias Schlegel .
Life
After studying in Leipzig , where he became friends with Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , he became a deacon and teacher at Pforta in 1751 , then pastor and professor of theology at Zerbst in 1754 and pastor first at the Marktkirche (Hanover) , later at the Neustädter Hof- and city church , 1775 also consistorial councilor and superintendent in Hanover. In 1781 he was also general superintendent of Hoya-Diepholz and in 1787 of Calenberg . He died in Hanover in 1793.
Schlegel worked on the magazine Bremer Posts and published an explanation of Charles Batteux ' limitation of the fine arts to one principle (third edition, Leipzig 1770, two volumes). 70 hymns of his poems have been preserved .
August Wilhelm Iffland , whom his father had originally planned for a spiritual career, described in his memoirs the “special impression” that the preacher Schlegel had made on him as a youngster: “Before he carried away the crowd, he tore me warmly Emotion. The tone of conviction, the most fatherly love breathed from his heartfelt speeches. Often he himself was so moved that he had to pause. […] Everyone loved him […] Schlegel made my teaching post worthy of honor. ”Schlegel had ten children, including General Superintendent Karl August Moritz Schlegel , Consistorial Councilor Johann Carl Fürchtegott Schlegel and cartographer Carl August Schlegel . His younger sons August Wilhelm and Friedrich Schlegel are considered to be co-founders of Romanticism.
literature
- Carl Bertheau : Schlegel, Johann Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 385-387.
- Hugo Bieber : Johann Adolf Schlegel's poetic theory. Examined in their historical context, Berlin 1912 (reprint: New York / London: Johnson, 1967).
- Wolfdietrich von Kloeden : Schlegel, Johann Adolph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 37 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Joyce S. Rutledge: Johann Adolph Schlegel. German studies in America, Vol. 18. Lang, Bern et al. 1974, ISBN 3-261-01360-5 .
- Georg-Michael Schulz: The older Schlegel brothers and their 'book without a title'. A book history curiosity from the early 18th century. In: Andreas Gardt (Hrsg.): Book culture and knowledge transfer in the Middle Ages and early modern times. De Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-026870-6 , pp. 41–53 (preview on Google Books).
- Wolfgang Stammler : From the life of Johann Adolf Schlegel. With unprinted letters from Schlegel to Reich. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter 21 (1918), pp. 202–224.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Adolf Schlegel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Adolf Schlegel in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Schlichtegroll: Nekrolog on the year 1793, 4th year, 1st volume, pp. 71–121. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Carl Bertheau: Article "Schlegel, Johann Adolf", in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, edited by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 31 (1890), pp. 385–387, digital full-text edition in Wikisource (accessed on September 9, 2013).
- ↑ August Wilhelm Iffland: About my theatrical career. German literary monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries, vol. 24. Göschen, Stuttgart 1886, p. 14 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlegel, Johann Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meissen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1793 |
| Place of death | Hanover |