Wolfgang Golther

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Wolfgang Golther (born May 25, 1863 in Stuttgart , † December 14, 1945 in Rostock ) was a German philologist and literary historian . He is considered a co-founder of Wagner philology.

Life

Golther, temporarily rector and dean, as well as director of the Rostock University Library since 1907 , gave lectures at the Institute for German Studies at Rostock University from 1895 to 1932 . Golther's main research areas were Germanic mythology and German literature of the Middle Ages . Golther's works are still considered standard works today.

Works

Title page to Der Nibelunge Nôt , Göschen Collection, Leipzig 1907
  • German heroic legend. Ehlermann, Berlin / Dresden / Leipzig 1894, DNB 579997294 .
  • The Nibelunge Nôt , Göschen Collection , Leipzig 1907
  • German poetry in the Middle Ages. Metzler Stuttgart 1912. (Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-86539-002-1 )
  • Germanic gods and heroic sagas. (Fourier, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-932412-44-3 )
  • Handbook of Germanic Mythology 1908 (Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-38-X )
  • On German legend and poetry: collected essays. Behr, Berlin / Leipzig 1914.
  • Richard Wagner - life and life's work - musician's biography . Reclam Publishing House, 1926.
  • as editor: Heinrich von Kleist : Robert Guiskard, Duke of the Normans . Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 1964, DNB 452445191 .
  • Parzival in German literature. 1929, DNB 579997359 .
  • Tristan and Isolde in French and German poetry of the Middle Ages and modern times . de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 451614364 .
  • History of German Literature Vol. 1. From the first beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, by Wolfgang Golther.- Vol. 2. Since the end of the Middle Ages, by Karl Borinski

Editorial activity

  • Das Lied vom Hürnen Seyfried based on the 16th century printing department. With an appendix: The Volksbuch about the horned Siegfried according to the oldest edition (1726). Niemeyer, Halle a, p. 1911.
  • Richard Wagner: Collected writings and poems in ten volumes . 1912.
  • Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck. Diary sheets and letters 1853–1871 . Duncker, Berlin 1904.
  • The legendary bases of Richard Wagner's ring seal.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Golther, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1945
Place of death Rostock