Karl Heinemann (literary scholar)

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Karl Heinemann

Karl Heinemann (born March 9, 1857 in Deutsch-Eylau , † July 4, 1927 in Leipzig ) was a German literary historian .

Life

He received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1881 with a study on the Hraban glossary and then worked as a senior high school teacher in Leipzig. At the turn of the century he received the title of professor . Heinemann became known to a broad reading public with the generally understandable biographies of Goethe's Life and Works (first in 1889) and Goethe's mother (first in 1891), as well as as the editor of the papers for literary entertainment and the literary annual report . As a scientist, he stood out primarily with works on Goethe , Klopstock and the literature of antiquity. His concise handbook Die Deutsche Dichtung. Grundriß der deutschen Literaturgeschichte (first in 1910), continued after the deaths of Erich Ebermayer , Friedrich Michael and Franz Schultz , was a standard work for German teachers and students of German studies for almost thirty years. Heinemann published the Goethe calendar from 1918 to 1927 . A serious illness, which resulted in restricted mobility, overshadowed the last years of his life. Finally paralyzed in the hands, he could only dictate.

Working in selection

  • About the Hraban Glossary, Halle: Niemeyer 1881. (Zugl. Phil. Diss. Leipzig 1881)
  • Klopstock's life and works, Bielefeld a. Leipzig: Velhagen and Klasing 1890.
  • The classical poetry of the Greeks, Leipzig: Kröner 1912.
  • The classical poetry of the Romans, Leipzig: Kröner 1914.
  • The tragic figures of the Greeks in world literature, 2 vols., Leipzig: Dieterich 1920.
  • The descendants of Goethe after his death. In: Goethe Calendar 1920, Leipzig: Dieterich 1919, pp. 62–75.
  • Wisdom of the Greeks, Leipzig: Kröner 1922.
  • Goethe as an educator. In: Goethe Calendar 1924, Leipzig: Dieterich 1923, pp. 96–114.
  • The terzinen on Schiller's skull 1826. In: Goethe Calendar 1926, Leipzig: Dieterich 1925, pp. 80-104.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1893, column 428 - 1898, column 514 - 1903, column 594 - Nekrolog 1901-1935, column 278
  2. ↑ Goethe Calendar 1928, Leipzig: Dieterich 1927, p. IIIf.
personal data
SURNAME Heinemann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH German Eylau
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1927
Place of death Leipzig