Johann Christoph Mannling

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Johann Christoph Mannling

Johann Christoph Männling (born October 14, 1658 in Wabnitz near Oels, † July 4, 1723 in Stargard ) was a German poet and writer .

Life

After attending the Elibethanische Schule and the Maria Magdalena Gymnasium in Breslau, Männling first studied at the University of Breslau and later in Wittenberg , where he obtained a master's degree in theology. Already in Wittenberg, he published in 1685 a Philip of Zesen strongly modeled poetics udT European Parnassus . From 1688 we meet him again in his Silesian homeland as a Protestant pastor in Creutzburg , from where he had to flee to Stargard in Pomerania twelve years later because of the persecution of Protestants . From 1700 he worked here first as a deacon at the Johanniskirche, then until his death as a pastor to St. Augustine and garrison preacher.

Männling was an extraordinary admirer of Lohenstein's life and even managed to write two extensive compilations with short versions and condensed quotations from Lohenstein's oeuvre, a kind of "Reader's Digest" for readers who were not wealthy enough to buy his colossal work. The obvious success of these works encouraged him to try the same for other Silesian baroque poets. The rest of his extensive volumes are also primarily of a compilatory nature in the style of Paullini and Praetorius . A large part of Männling's writings is now lost, including the Stargard school dramas that were probably never printed.

Works (selection)

  • European Parnassus . Brüning, Wittenberg 1685.
  • The European Helicon or Muses Mountain. That is Kurtze and a clear instruction to the German poetry art. Old Stettin 1704 ( digitized version and full text in the German text archive )
  • Arminius enucleatus, that is ... Daniel Caspari von Lohenstein marvelous Realia. Ernst and Jentsch, Stargard and Leipzig 1708. ( digitized version )
  • Lohensteinius sententiosus, that is ... Daniel Caspari von Lohenstein ... ingenious speeches. Steck's widow, Breslau 1710. ( digitized version )
  • Exquisite curiosities, remarkable dream temples. Franckfurth, Leipzig, Liegnitz, Rohrlach; Erich, Jena 1714. ( digitized version )
  • German-Poetic Lexicon. Schreyn and Conrad, Frankfurt / Oder and Leipzig 1715. ( digitized version )
  • Poetic flower garden. Bleßing, Breslau 1717. ( [5 ,% 22view% 22:% 22info% 22} Ditialisat])
  • Expediter speaker. Frankfurt / M. u. Leipzig 1718. ( [3 ,% 22view% 22:% 22info% 22} digitized]) (Ndr. Kronberg 1974)

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SURNAME Mannling, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1658
PLACE OF BIRTH Wabnitz near Oels
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1723
Place of death Stargard