Eugen Kölbing
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Eugen Kölbing was a German philologist, a specialist in the study of Nordic, English, and French language and literature and comparative linguistics and literature.
, wrote his doctoral dissertation (1868) on the Nordic versions of the legend of Parzival
under the supervision of Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke
, an eminent Germanist, and finished his post-doctoral dissertation at the University of Breslau on the Nordic versions of the Partenopeus legend (1873). He became Professor at the University of Breslau. His published works covered a wide range of medieval works. He founded in 1877 the journal Englische Studien and served as its sole editor until 1899, thus making a lasting contribution to the foundational phase of English studies in Europe.
Academic Career
Eugen Kölbing studied Philosophy, Classical Philology, Comparative Literature, German(ic) Philology, and "New" Philology at the University of LeipzigUniversity of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, wrote his doctoral dissertation (1868) on the Nordic versions of the legend of Parzival
Parzival
Parzival is a major medieval German romance by the poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, in the Middle High German language. The poem, commonly dated to the first quarter of the 13th century, is itself largely based on Chrétien de Troyes’s Perceval, the Story of the Grail and mainly centers on the Arthurian...
under the supervision of Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke
Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke
Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke , German philologist, was born at Zahrensdorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the son of a country pastor....
, an eminent Germanist, and finished his post-doctoral dissertation at the University of Breslau on the Nordic versions of the Partenopeus legend (1873). He became Professor at the University of Breslau. His published works covered a wide range of medieval works. He founded in 1877 the journal Englische Studien and served as its sole editor until 1899, thus making a lasting contribution to the foundational phase of English studies in Europe.
Works
- Untersuchungen über den Ausfall des Relativ-Pronomens in den germanischen Sprachen (1872)
- Riddarasögur, Parzevals Saga etc. (1872)
- Beiträge zur vergleichenden Geschichte der romantischen Poesie und Prosa des Mittelalters (1876)
- Chanson de Roland (1877)
- Die nordische und englische Version der Tristansage (1878-82)
- Elis Saga ok Rosamundu (1881)
- Amis und Amiloun (1884)
- The Romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun (1885) Early English Text SocietyEarly English Text SocietyThe Early English Text Society is an organization to reprint early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript. Most of its volumes are in Middle English and Old English...
- 'Ipomedon' (1889)