Wilhelm Kreiten

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Wilhelm Kreiten (born June 22, 1847 in Gangelt , † June 6, 1902 in Kerkrade ) was a German Jesuit, writer, poet, literary historian and critic.

Life

The 16-year-old son of master blacksmith Peter Josef Kreiten started the novitiate in the Jesuit branch in Münster on October 1, 1863 .

After completing his classical training in Münster and Amiens , he began philosophical and theological studies in the Maria Laach Abbey , which he interrupted in 1868 due to illness.

From 1869 to 1871 he studied literature in Münster. Due to the expulsion of the Jesuits from Germany in 1872 , Kreiten was transferred from his order to Aix-en-Provence , where he completed his theological studies and was ordained a priest on January 8, 1873. He took his last vow on August 15, 1877.

From 1870 to 1878 he worked as an editor of the Catholic, culture-critical magazine Voices from Maria Laach in Tervuren . For health reasons Kreiten went to Kerkrade in 1878, where he worked as a writer for the remaining 23 years of his life. He was also one of the most important contributors to the magazine Voices from Maria Laach , in which he published numerous essays on literary topics and commented on contemporary Catholic literature from 1874 to 1902. In addition, Kreiten published under the pseudonyms Wahrmuth, Phil .; Ipse, Egon; Kreiten, Gul., Kreiten, Gulielmus. Kreiten also wrote for the magazine The Catholic Missions .

Literary historical works

  • Voltaire, A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Liberalism (Freiburg, im Br., 1878, 2nd ed., 1884);
  • Moliere's life and works (Freiburg im Br., 1887; 2nd edition, 1897);
  • Lebrecht Dreves , A picture of life as a contribution to literary and church history based on the handwritten estate and the printed sources, designed by Herder, Munich 1897
  • Anna Elisabeth Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff . A character picture as an introduction to their works, Paderborn 1886, 2nd edition 1900,
  • Voices from Maria Laach about Blaise Pascal and his works
  • Completion and publication of the biography of Clemens Brentano, which was started by his childhood friend, the Jesuit JB Diel, 2 volumes., (Freiburg im Br., 1877); he also edited and published other works from the estate of JB Diels, (Freiburg im Br., 1877);
  • Editing: Clemens Brentano 's Die Chronik des fahrenden Schülers (Munich, 1883; 2nd revised edition. 1888, editor Kreiten ( online )).

Seals

  • Homeland ways from abroad (Aachen, 1882), The way along (Paderborn, 1889; 10th edition, 1904);
  • translations of selections from the Provençal Christmas hymns of Louis Simon Lambert, entitled "Bethlehem" (Freiburg im Br, 1882; 2nd ed., 1895).
  • All sorts of wisdom, sayings and contradictions , printed and published by Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1901
  • Splinters and shavings from own and third-party workshops (with life sketch, edited by von Gietmann, Aachen 1903)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catholic online, William Kreiten, archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.catholic.org
  2. ^ Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1905, Volume 11, Kreiten Wilhelm, page 632 [1]
  3. ↑ DNB entry

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personal data
SURNAME Kreiten, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit, poet, literary historian and critic
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Gangelt
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1902
Place of death Kerkrade