Karl May's works

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Karl May's works , the historically critical edition for the Karl May Foundation , or HKA for short , have been published since 1987. In addition to citable texts, the “editorial reports”, which are at the end of a volume or, in the case of some multi-part sections, in the last volume , the history of origin and variants. This is an edition of Karl May's texts that is necessary for research .

Edition history

The historical-critical edition was originally conceived in 99 volumes and was published by Hermann Wiedenroth and Hans Wollschläger from 1987 to 1988 by Greno Verlag , Nördlingen. After moving to Haffmans Verlag , Zurich, from 1990–1992 , the volumes were self-published by Hermann Wiedenroth in the Buchhaus , Bargfeld, from 1993 onwards . In 1998 Hans Wollschläger resigned as co-editor. By 2007, 55 volumes had been published. With the signing of the contract on May 29, 2007, the next innovation took place: The Karl-May-Gesellschaft takes over the publication with Joachim Biermann as managing editor and the Karl-May-Verlag produces the books which the Karl-May-Stiftung and the Karl -May Museum . In addition, the edition plan was changed. The first volume from this collaboration was published in 2008.

The editors of the "editorial reports" often face the problem of missing or incomplete texts. For a long time the manuscripts of the Karl-May-Verlag could not be used. In addition, parts of first editions or later editions are (still) missing, so that calls are made again and again in which owners of May texts are asked to make them available.

Haffmans Verlag published several paperback editions based on the HKA texts . Under his license, Karl May's main works were published in 1992 by Parkland Verlag , Stuttgart as the “Zurich Edition” and Haffmans himself in 1996 as the “Zurich Edition”. The texts appeared on CD-ROM as volume 77 of the digital library .

Edition plan

In the current edition plan, more than 108 volumes are in planning, which are divided into nine sections and supplements . Of these, 66 volumes were realized (as of March 2017), with sections II and III available in full.

  • Department I: early work
  1. Geographical Sermons : Early Essays, Poems, and Riddles
  2. The book of love
  3. The Carnival Jesters : Humoresques
  4. The two Quitzow's last journeys : historical novel
  5. The rose of Ernstthal : Erzgebirge village stories
  6. Pandur and Grenadier : Humoresques around the old Dessauer (d. I. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau )
  7. A Prince of Fraud : Early Tales from Europe
  8. From the portfolio of a well-traveled man : Adventure stories I
  9. Trapped at Sea : Tales of Adventure II
10. The Ranger : novel by Gabriel Ferry . Edited for the youth by Carl May
  • Section II: serial novels
  1. Scepter and hammer
  2. The jewel island
  3. Forest rose I
  4. Waldröschen II
  5. Wood rose III
  6. Waldröschen IV
  7. Wood Rose V
  8. Wood Rose VI
  9. The love of the Uhlan I
10. The love of the Uhlan II
11. The love of the Uhlan III
12. The love of the Uhlan IV
13. The love of the Uhlan V
14. The Prodigal Son I
15. The prodigal son II
16. The prodigal son III
17. The Prodigal Son IV
18. The prodigal son V
19. The prodigal son VI
20. German hearts, German heroes I
21. German hearts, German heroes II
22. German hearts, German heroes III
23. German hearts, German heroes IV
24. German hearts, German heroes V
25. German hearts, German heroes VI
26. The way to happiness I
27. The way to happiness II
28. The way to happiness III
29. The way to happiness IV
30. The way to happiness V
31. The way to happiness VI
  • Section III: Stories for the Young
  1. The Bear Hunter's Son : Two Tales
  2. Kong-kheou, the word of honor
  3. The slave caravan
  4. The treasure in the Silver Lake
  5. The legacy of the Inca
  6. The Oil Prince
  7. The black mustang : stories and texts for young people
  • Section IV: Travel Tales
  1. Through the desert
  2. Through wild Kurdistan
  3. From Baghdad to Stambul
  4. In the gorges of the Balkans
  5. Through the land of the Skipetars
  6. The Schut
  7. At the Rio de la Plata
  8. In the cordilleras
  9. In the land of Mahdi I
10. In the land of Mahdi II
11. In the land of Mahdi III
12. Winnetou I
13. Winnetou II
14. Winnetou III
15. Satan and Iscariot I.
16. Satan and Iscariot II
17. Satan and Iscariot III
18. Old Surehand I
19. Old Surehand II
20. Old Surehand III
21. "Christmas!"
22. In the realm of the silver lion I
23. In the realm of the silver lion II
24. Oranges and Dates : Short Travel Tales
25. On the Pacific Ocean : Short Travel Tales
26. On foreign paths : Short travel stories
27. In the "wild west" of North America : travel and other stories from America
28. The rose of Kaïrwan : stories and essays
  • Department V: late work
  1. On the beyond : travel narrative
  2. And peace on earth ! : Travel story
  3. In the realm of the silver lion III : travel story
  4. In the realm of the silver lion IV : travel story
  5. Ardistan and Dschinnistan I : travel story
  6. Ardistan and Dschinnistan II : travel story
  7. Winnetou IV : travel story
  8. Abdahn Effendi : Short stories and essays
  9. Erzgebirge village stories : also contains texts from the early work
10. Heavenly Thoughts : Poems and Aphorisms
11. Babel and the Bible : Drama and other theater texts
  • Division VI: Autobiographical Writings
  1. My life and pursuit : autobiography and other self-portraits
  2. A trash publishing house and its accomplices : pamphlets
  3. At trial by jury and Trial Chamber I : Process fonts
  4. To the lay judge's court and criminal chamber II : Trial documents
  • Section VII: Mixed and Postpone Writings
  1. Repertory C. May : fragments , sketches, editorial work and short texts
  2. Christmas Eve and other poems
  3. Ave Maria : compositions and poems
  4. Up into the realm of the noble people! : Lectures , final statements and manuscripts from the estate
  • Department VIII: Letters
  1-5 entire correspondence
  6. Reader's album (2 volumes)
  • Department IX: Materials
  1. Hermann Wohlgschaft : Karl May - life and work (3 volumes): biography
  2. Karl May's library : library catalog , evidence of May's entries and underlinings in individual volumes
  3.ff. Complete bibliography , complete edition report, general register and other materials
  • Supplements
  1. The "Rescue" of Mr. Cardauns : facsimile of the manuscript and the first edition
  2. Library catalog : facsimile of the manuscript

literature

  • Joachim Biermann: On the progress of the historically critical edition . KMG-Nachrichten 155/2008 ff. ( Online versions of previous progress articles)
  • Jürgen Wehnert : The text . In Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. 2nd expanded and revised edition . Königshausen & Neumann. Würzburg 2001. pp. 116-130.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Grunert: Summer 2007 . KMG News 153/2007 (PDF; 3.6 MB) p. 2–3.
  2. ↑ Jürgen Wehnert: The text
  3. ↑ Jürgen Wehnert: Urgent search call to all KMG members: Karl May's first prints in the “Deutsche Gewerbeschau” are still missing! . KMG-Nachrichten 161/2009 (PDF; 8.0 MB). Pp. 35-36.
  4. ↑ so z. B. Joachim Biermann: Progress of HKA, KMG-Nachrichten 160/2009 (PDF; 10.2 MB). P. 21.
Works by Karl May


Early work (1875–1883)

The Book of Love  • Geographical sermons (in “ Schacht und Hütte ”) • The two Quitzow's last voyages  • Caught on the sea  • Scepter and hammer  • In the far west  • The Ranger  • The Jewel Island
Groups of shorter texts: adventure stories (including Old Firehand  • The Oil Prince ) • Erzgebirge village stories  • Stories about the old Dessauer  • Historical stories  • Humoresques

Colportage novels (1882–1888)

The forest rose  • The Uhlan's love  • The lost son  • German hearts - German heroes  • The way to happiness

Travel stories (1892–1899)

Through the desert and harem ( through the desert ) • Through wild Kurdistan  • From Baghdad to Stambul  • In the gorges of the Balkans  • Through the land of the Skipetaren  • The Schut  • Winnetou I – III  • Oranges and dates  • On the Pacific Ocean  • On the Rio de la Plata  • In the Cordillera  • Old Surehand I  • Old Surehand II  • In the land of the Mahdi I – III  • Old Surehand III  • Satan and Ischariot I – III  • On strange paths  • “Christmas!”  • In the realm of the silver lion I- II  • On the afterlife
special case: The rose of Kaïrwan

Youth narratives (1887–1897)

The son of the bear hunter  • The spirit of the Llano estakado  • Kong-Kheou, the word of honor ( The blue-red Methuselah ) • The slave caravan  • The treasure in the Silver Lake  • The legacy of the Inca  • The oil prince  • The black mustang
Groups of shorter texts: illustration texts  • Texts below the pseudonym Hobble-Frank

Late work (1900–1910)

Heavenly thoughts  • In the realm of the silver lion III  • Erzgebirge village stories  • In the realm of the silver lion IV  • And peace on earth!  • Babel and the Bible  • Ardistan and Jinnistan I – II  • Winnetou IV  • My life and striving

Other works (1896–1912)

The joys and sorrows of a widely read person  • Serious sounds (contains, among others, Ave Maria ) • Three questions of humanity  • Sitara, the land of the human  soul • Up into the realm of noble men

Film adaptations of the works and life of Karl May


cinemamovies

On the ruins of paradise  (1920) • The death caravan  (1920) • The devil worshipers  (1920) • Through the desert  (1936) • The slave caravan  (1958) • The lion of Babylon  (1959) • The treasure in the Silver Lake  (1962) • Winnetou Part 1  (1963) • Old Shatterhand  (1964) • The Schut  (1964) • Winnetou Part 2  (1964) • Among Vultures  (1964) • The Aztec Treasure  (1965) • The Pyramid of the Sun God  (1965) • The Oil Prince  (1965) • Through wild Kurdistan  (1965) • Winnetou 3rd part  (1965) • Old Surehand 1st part  (1965) • In the realm of the silver lion  (1965) • The legacy of the Inca  (1966) • Winnetou and the Half-blood Apanatschi  (1966) • Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand  (1966) • Winnetou and Shatterhand in the valley of the dead  (1968) • The trail leads to the Silver Lake  (1990) • WinneToons - The legend of the treasure in the Silver Lake  (2009)

Television series and films

With Karl May in the Orient  (1963) • Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi  (1973/75) • My friend Winnetou  (1980) • The bush ghost  (1986) • Hello - here Karl May / Bärenstark  (1987) • Prairie hunters in Mexico  (1988) • Winnetou  (1996) • Winnetou's Return  (1998) • WinneToons  (2002) • Winnetou - The Myth Lives  (2016)

Adaptations of the biography

Acquittal for Old Shatterhand  (1965) • Karl May  (movie, 1974) • Karl May  (TV series, 1992)