Eberhard Werner Happel
Encyclopedia
Eberhard Werner Happel was a German
author
, novelist, journalist
and polymath
.
Happel wrote both fiction and nonfiction. He included many aspects of contemporary knowledge in his many works which therefore had an encyclopaedic form and dealt with historical and current political themes, compilations of anecdotes about famous people past and present, descriptions of exotic regions, and popular treatises on natural science.
Germany
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author
Author
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, novelist, journalist
Journalist
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and polymath
Polymath
A polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable...
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Happel wrote both fiction and nonfiction. He included many aspects of contemporary knowledge in his many works which therefore had an encyclopaedic form and dealt with historical and current political themes, compilations of anecdotes about famous people past and present, descriptions of exotic regions, and popular treatises on natural science.
Works
- Der asiatische Onogambo. 1673
- Sogenannter christlicher Potentaten Kriegsroman. 2 Bände, 1681
- Der insulanische Mandorell. 1682
- Der ungarische Kriegsroman. 6 Bände, 1685-1697
- Der italienische Spinelli oder so genannte Europäische Geschicht-Romans auf das 1685. Jahr. 4 Bände, 1685-1686
- Der spanische Quintana oder so genannte Europäische Geschicht-Roman auf das 1686. Jahr. 4 Bände, 1686-1687
- Der französische Cormantin oder so genannte Europäische Geschicht-Roman auf das 1687. Jahr. 4 Bände, 1687-1688
- Der ottomanische Bajazet oder so genannte Europäische Geschicht-Roman auf das 1688. Jahr. 4 Bände, 1688-1689
- Afrikanischer Tarnolast. 1689
- Der teutsche Carl oder so genannte Europäische Geschicht-Roman auf das 1689. Jahr. 4 Bände, 1690
- Der Academische Roman, worinnen das Studenten-Leben fürgebildet wird. hrsg. G. E. Scholz, Wien 1962 (Repr. d. Ausg. Ulm 1690)