Markus Landau
Markus Landau (born November 21, 1837 in Brody ; † January 10, 1918 in Vienna ) was an Austrian literary historian . He was mainly concerned with the older Italian literature and those of the 18th and 19th centuries, and was particularly prominent with his Boccaccio research.
Life
As a young businessman, Landau undertook several trips through Germany, Italy and France before settling in Vienna in 1869. He completed his studies there with a doctorate.
From 1878 he turned entirely to literary history studies. His work The Sources of the Decamerone is still considered to be one of the most important for comparative literature and material history. Later he also dealt with historical and folklore topics.
He was a corresponding member of the academies in Messina and Cosenza as well as of the historical commission of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in Vienna .
Fonts
- Contributions to the history of the Italian novella. L. Rosner, 1875. ( digitized version )
- Giovanni Boccaccio, his life and works. Cotta, Stuttgart 1877. ( digitized version )
- Italian literature at the Austrian court. Gerold, Vienna 1879.
- The sources of the decameron. 1869, 2nd edition Stuttgart 1884.
- History of Italian Literature in the Eighteenth Century. Felber, Berlin 1899. ( digitized version )
- Hell and purgatory in popular belief, poetry and church doctrine. König, Greiz 1909.
literature
- Landau, Markus. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 426.
- Landau. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982,ISBN 3-428-00194-X, p. 477 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume III, page 574 f.
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 777.
- Adolph Kohut : Famous Israelite Men and Women in Human Cultural History. Life and character images from the past and present. AH Payne, Leipzig-Reudnitz 1900, digitized version (PDF, 37.4 MB).
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Landau in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landau, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brody |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |