Karl Friedrich Flögel

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Karl Friedrich Flögel (born December 3, 1729 in Jauer , Duchy of Schweidnitz-Jauer , † March 7, 1788 in Liegnitz ) was a German cultural and literary historian.

Life

Flögel attended the Maria Magdalenen grammar school in Breslau from 1748–1752 . He then studied theology in Halle with Sigmund Jakob Baumgarten and philosophy with Christian Wolff . In 1761 he became a teacher at the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau, soon afterwards prorector and 1773 rector of the school in Jauer. In 1774 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the Knights' Academy in Liegnitz , where he stayed until his death in 1788. From 1772 he worked as an assessor at the Royal Society of Sciences in Frankfurt (Oder) .

Works

  • Introduction to the art of invention. Published in Breslau and Leipzig: Johann Ernst Meyer, 1760.
  • History of the human mind . Breslau 1765, 3rd edition 1776. Frankfurt am Main: Athenäum-Verlag 1972, Photomechan. Reproduction of the Frankfurt and Leipzig edition.
  • History of the present state of beautiful literature in Germany . Jauer 1771.
  • History of the grotesque-comic . 1778.
    • Floegel's history of the grotesque-comic edited, expanded and continued up to the most recent times by Friedrich W. Ebeling . 4th unchanged after 3rd Edition Leipzig: Barsdorf, 1887.
    • Max Bauer (ed.): History of the grotesque-comic , Georg Müller, Munich 1914 (expanded).
    • Dortmund: Harenberg, reprint of the Leipzig, Werl edition, 1862.
  • History of comic literature [literature] . Liegnitz 1784–87, 4 volumes. Reprint: Hildesheim, New York: Olms, 4 volumes in 2 volumes.
  • History of the court jesters . Hildesheim, New York: Olms 1977, reprint of the edition Liegnitz and Leipzig 1789.
  • History of burlesque . Leipzig 1793. Microfiche edition, Munich: Saur o. J. ISBN 3-598-50756-9 ; ISBN 3-598-50015-7 ; ISBN 3-598-50035-1 .

As translator:

  • Alexander Gerard (1728–1795): Attempt on taste . Translation by Karl Friedrich Flögel. Reprint of the edition Breslau and Leipzig: Meyer, 1766. Bristol: Thoemmes 2001. (The reception of British aesthetics in Germany. Ed .: Heiner F. Klemme and Manfred Kuehn). ISBN 1-85506-899-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Flögel, Karl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Floegel, Carl F .; Flögel, Karl F .; Flögel, Carl F .; Floegel, Charles F .; Floegel, Carl Friedrich; Floegel, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH Jauer , Duchy of Schweidnitz-Jauer
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1788
Place of death Liegnitz