Rudolf Oeser (writer)

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Rudolf Oeser (born October 21, 1807 in Gießen ; † October 13, 1859 in Lindheim , Hessen ) was a pastor and folk writer.

Life

Oeser grew up as the son of a court judge in Gießen , where he also studied theology from 1827 to 1830. During his studies in 1827 he became a member of the old Gießen fraternity Germania . From 1831 to 1833 he worked as a private tutor in Pfungstadt , then for two years as a parish assistant in Rodheim , from 1835 until his death in 1859 he held the pastoral position in Lindheim .

Under the pseudonym O. Glaubrecht (= Oeser, Glaubrecht !, often wrongly resolved as Otto Glaubrecht), Oeser wrote numerous stories and novels , most of which were about historical events or village and everyday life. In addition, Oeser worked for the evangelical-conservative “Volksblatt für Stadt und Land” published in Halle and was considered an authority on the theory and criticism of popular writing. Oeser stands for a current that turned popular education and folk writing away from the original enlightenment concept and used it to convey conservative values. Based on an idyllic idea of ​​the people in village and small town , this literature followed the idea that everything good and beautiful should be preserved, but everything new and foreign should be prevented. Oeser is considered the most important representative of this literary direction. His works show regional, folk and Christian, sometimes even strongly anti-Semitic motifs. This was mostly combined with a moralizing and instructive narrative style. Oeser's whereabouts, such as Lindheim , Gießen , Grünberg or Saasen, were literary models .

His son Hermann Oeser also became a writer.

In Gießen and Rabenau there is one Glaubrechtstrasse each.

Works

  • Anna, the leech dealer. A story for the Christian people. Frankfurt am Main 1842. ( digitized edition 1877 )
  • The terrible years of Lindheim. A contribution to the moral history of the seventeenth century. Told for the people. Hanau 1843. ( digitized edition 1850 ) (new edition with a documentary representation by Karl Ernst Demandt, Altenstadt 1981)
  • Coming home or what are we missing? A story for the Christian people. Frankfurt am Main 1843 ( digitized edition 1871 )
  • The calendar man from Vitusberg. A story for the people. Frankfurt am Main, 1845.
  • Coming home or what are we missing? A story for the people. Frankfurt am Main, 1847, see also http://edocs.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2008/10402/
  • Leiningen, portrayed in village pictures for the people. Frankfurt am Main 1848.
  • The gypsy. A story for the people. Frankfurt am Main 1850. ( digitized version )
  • The gold mill. A story for the people. Frankfurt am Main 1852.
  • Zinzendorf in the Wetterau. A picture from the history of the Brethren Congregation presented to the people.
  • Stories from the Hessenland. Frankfurt am Main 1853. ( digitized edition 1870 )
  • The Haidehaus. Story for the people. Frankfurt am Main 1854.
  • A bad year. Story for the people. Frankfurt am Main 1856. ( digitized edition 1874 )
  • Curse and blessing. Story for the people. Eisleben 1857. ( digitized version )
  • The homeless. Story from the wars of freedom. Frankfurt am Main 1858. ( digitized version )
  • The people and their drivers. Narrative. Eisleben, Leipzig 1859. ( digitized version )
  • The water judgment. Story for the people. In addition to communications about the author's life, work and death by J. Gustav Diegel. Frankfurt am Main 1860 ( digitized edition 1873 )
  • Selected Writings. Along with biography and portrait. Frankfurt am Main, 1866.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , pp. 243-244.
  • Klaus Müller-Salget: Rudolf Oeser / O.Glaubrecht: a Gießen folk writer of the 19th century. In: G. Kaiser, G. Kurz: Literarisches Leben in Oberhessen, Gießen 1993.
  • Rolf Haaser: Literary Culture: The 19th Century. In: 800 years of Giessen history. 1197-1997, Giessen 1997.

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personal data
SURNAME Oeser, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glaubrecht, O. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and folk writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1859
Place of death Lindheim , Hesse