Therese von Jacob

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Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob

Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob , married Robinson (born January 26, 1797 in Halle (Saale) , † April 13, 1870 in Hamburg ) was a German writer, folk song researcher and Slavist . Under the pseudonyms Talvj and Ernst Berthold , she published fiction and scientific works in English and German. She became known as the editor and translator of the Serbian folk songs in two volumes (1825–1826).

Life

Therese von Jacob was the daughter of the political scientist Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob . The family left Germany in 1806 and settled in Russia , where the father first taught at the University of Kharkov and a few years later at the University of Saint Petersburg . During this time she enjoyed no formal education, but had access to the university library and read a lot.

In 1816 the Jacobs returned to Halle. In the following years Therese published her first documents under pseudonyms. Became familiar with the folk poetry of the Serbs through the Serbian philologist Vuk Stefanović Karadžić , Therese published a highly regarded collection of Serbian folk songs in 1826, after intensive language and history studies since 1823. The author's pseudonym Talvj (after the first letters of her maiden name), which was used for the first time, was largely retained later.

She married the American scholar and Palestine researcher Edward Robinson in August 1828 , but her parents also died around this time. She traveled to her husband in Switzerland, Italy and France. The couple lived in the United States from 1830 ; first in Andover , where he took up his professorship. During this time she did not publish anything at first, but immersed herself in the study of Indian languages. After moving to Boston in 1833, she translated John Pickering's work on Indian languages. She also made the acquaintance of Karl Follen in Boston . In 1837 her husband was called to New York .

She stayed in Germany from 1837 to 1839 while her husband went on a study trip to Palestine, and only then did the couple settle in New York in 1840. George Bancroft , William Cullen Bryant , Bayard Taylor and Frederick Law Olmsted frequented the Robinsons' house there. Therese Robinson also became friends with Washington Irving .

After the death of her husband, she returned to Germany with her daughter and son in 1864. She lived in Baden-Baden , among other places, and stayed in Hamburg from 1869 , where her son Eduard was the US consul.

Works (under the author's name Talvj)

  • Folk songs of the Serbs. Metrically translated and historically introduced by Talvj. 2 volumes (with an attribution to Göthe and a short history of the fallen Serbian empire), Leipzig and Halle 1835 (digital copies of volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books ).
  • Psyche. A paperback for 1825 , also published under the title Drei Erzählungen von Talvj. (Die Rache • from p. 83: Human weakness • from p. 235: Missing determination; cf. Collected Novellas , Volume 1, 1874.) Halle 1825 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Attempt of a historical description of the folk songs of Germanic nations with an overview of the songs of non-European peoples. Leipzig 1840 ( archive.org ).
  • The ignorance of Ossian 's and Macpherson's Ossian's songs in particular. Leipzig 1840 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • History of the colonization of New England. From the first branches there in 1607 to the introduction of the provincial constitution of Massachusetts in 1692. Leipzig 1847 ( digitized at Google Books).
  • Heloise, or The Unrevealed Secret. A valley. New York 1850 ( digitized from Google Books).
    German Heloise. A story by Talvj. Leipzig 1852 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • The Exiles. A valley. New York 1853 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ).
    German The emigrants. A story. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1852 ( Volume 1  - Internet Archive - Volume 2 at Google Books).
  • Marie Barcoczy. Historical novel. (= European Library of New Fiction Literature, Volume 613. [ Wikisource ]) Leipzig 1852.
  • Clear manual of a history of the Slavic languages ​​and literature. Along with a sketch of her folk poetry. Translation from English and foreword by B. K. Brühl. With a preface by Edward Robinson. Leipzig 1852 ( digitized at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek )
  • Kurmark and Caucasus or the secret. First and Second Part. Translated from English by W. M. Drugulin. (= European Library of New Fiction Literature, VI. Series, Volumes 75 and 76 or Volumes 575 and 576. ) Grimma / Leipzig 1852.
  • Fifteen years. A time painting from the previous century. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1868 ( Volume 1  - Internet Archive - Volume 2 at Google Books).
  • Collected short stories by Talvj. Along with a selection of previously unprinted poems and a biographical introduction. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1874 ( Volume 1  - Internet Archive [The Vengeance • Missed Determination • Human Weakness] - Volume 2  - Internet Archive [The Futile Sacrifice • The Course of the World • A Picture from His Time • Appendix: Poems]).

Transfers

as Talvj
John Pickering : About the Indian languages ​​of America. Leipzig 1834 ( digitized  - Internet Archive ).
as Ernst Berthold
Walter Scott : The black dwarf. First story by my host. Leipzig 1844 ( digitized  - Internet Archive ).
Walter Scott : The Presbyterians. Third story by my host. Leipzig 1845 ( archive.org ).

literature

  • Stefanie Wilke: Robinson, Therese Albertine Luise, b. by Jakob (Jacob), pseudonyms "talvj", "Reseda", "Ernst (Friedrich Otto) Berthold" . In: Eva Labouvie (Ed.): Women in Saxony Anhalt , Volume 2: A biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the 19th century to 1945. Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2019, ISBN 978-3-412-51145-6 , pp. 376-380.
  • Therese Albertine Luise by Jakob Robinson. Reading book . Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle / S. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89812-678-6 .
  • Wolfgang Geier: Perceptions of Southeastern Europe. Travel reports, studies and biographical sketches from the 16th to the 20th century . Wiesbaden 2006, p. 144 ff.
  • Irma Elizabeth Voigt: The Life and Works of Mrs. Therese Robinson (Talvj). Dissertation (dedicated to Mr. Edward Robinson). University of Illinois, 1913 ( archive.org ).
  • Irma Elizabeth Voigt: Ms. Talvj to Interpreter of German Culture in America. Dissertation (Master of Arts). University of Illinois, 1911 ( archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Jacob, Therese von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacob, Therese Albertine Louise von (full name); Talvj (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, folk song researcher and Slavist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1870
Place of death Hamburg