Josef Rank (writer)

Joseph Rank

Josef Rank (born July 10, 1816 in Friedrichsthal , † March 27, 1896 in Vienna ) was a narrator and journalist .

Life

The farmer's son Josef Rank studied philosophy and law in Vienna and became acquainted with Nikolaus Lenau . His sketches from the Bohemian Forest (1843; 3 vol., 1851) are the first examples of the “village history”. In popular scientific country descriptions, narratives are embedded, but political and social questions tend to be avoided.

From September 20, 1848 to the end of the rump parliament on June 18, 1849 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for Bischofteinitz , where he belonged to the left-wing parliamentary group of the German court .

After longer stays in Germany, Josef Rank returned to Vienna in 1861 , where he became editor of the Oesterreichische Zeitung and, in 1863, secretary of the kk Hofoper .

In Vienna - Ottakring , Rankgasse has been named after him since 1913 .

Works

Stories:

• 1843: From the Böhmerwalde, Verlag Wilhelm Einhorn, Leipzig online  - Internet Archive
• 1846: Waldmeister, Georg Wiegands Verlag, Leipzig online  - Internet Archive
• 1846: From a marriage, Bohemia Prague
• 1847: New stories from the Bohemian Forest, Wilhelm Einhorn Verlag, Leipzig
• 1848: A mother from the country, FH Brockhaus, Leipzig
• 1848: Hawthorn blossoms, JH Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig online  - Internet Archive
• 1848: Four brothers from the people, Verlag Wilhelm Eichhorn, Leipzig
• 1851: Moorgarden, published by Franz Köhler, Stuttgart
• 1853: Stories of Poor People, Carl Mäcken Verlag, Stuttgart
• 1853: Schön-Minnele, Leipzig
• 1853: Florian, Leipzig
• 1854: Legend and Life, Stories from the People, Verlag von Kath. Gerzabek, Prague
• 1854: The Friends, Leipzig
• 1854: The Hofer-Käthchen, Verlag FH Brockhaus Leipzig
• 1856: From house to house, Glogau
• 1856: His ideal, Zwickau
• 1857: Eight horses, Leipzig
• 1859: From village and city, Glogau
• 1860: A village brutus, Glogau
• 1864: From my hiking days, Vienna and Leipzig online  - Internet Archive
• 1865: Burgei or the three wishes, Verlag Hermann Markgraf, Vienna
• 1867: Johannes Volkh, Verlag Ernst Julius Günther, Leipzig
• 1867: Steinnelken, pictures from city and folk life, JJ Weber publishing house, Leipzig
• 1875: In the cloister courtyard, Eduard Hellberger Verlag, Stuttgart
• 1876: The soul catcher
• 1878: Muckerl, the pigeon fanatic, Reclam Leipzig
• 1878: The Birkengräflein, Reclam Leipzig
• 1878: People's trials, Glogau
• 1880: On detours and astray, Otto Spamer Verlag, Leipzig
• 1880: Pictures of Life
• 1896: Memories from my life, Verlag F. Tempsky, Prague - Vienna online  - Internet Archive

Dramas:

• The Duke of Athens, a historical play, 1854
• Der Mann von Hersfeld, Verlag A. Webert (Hoel'sche Buchhandlung), 1859
• "A Liberator" (historical play), 1857
• "Heidenglück" (play), 1857
• “King Manfred's Children” (play), 1858

literature

• Paul Aloys Klar, Josef Rank. Biographical sketch , in: Libussa. Yearbook for 1858 , ed. by Paul Aloys Klar, vol. 17, Prague 1858, pp. 285–318 ( digitized version )
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Rank, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, pp. 336–345 ( digitized version ).
• Paul Meßner: Three German Bohemian Forest poets, Adalbert Stifter, Josef Rank, Josef Meßner, Prachatitz 1901
• From the Bohemian Forest: new ed. by Karl Wagner, Prague 1917.
• Karl Wagner: On Josef Rank's 100th birthday : In: Deutsche Arbeit, Journal of the Volksbund for Germanness Abroad - 15 (1915/16), pp. 597–603
• Anton Schlossar :  Rank, Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 195-199.
• Uwe Baur: village history. On the origin and social function of a literary genre in the Vormärz. 1978. ISBN 3-7705-1544-7 .
• L. Mikoletzky:  Rank Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 414 f. (Direct links on p. 414 , p. 415 ).
• Hubert Lengauer:  Rank, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 137 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hanns-Peter Mederer: The entertaining superstition. Reception of legends in novels, stories and everyday literature between 1840 and 1855 . Aachen 2005 (= Diss. Hamburg 2005).

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Rank in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Josef Rank (writer) in the Gutenberg-DE project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Josef Rank: From the Bohemian Forest . Ed .: Prof. Karl Wagner. 1st edition. JG Salve, Prague 1917, p. III ff .