Karl Goedeke
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Karl Friedrich Ludwig Goedeke (15 April 1814 – 28 October 1887) was a German
historian of literature, an author, and a professor. He was born at Celle
and was educated at Göttingen, where he was professor from 1873 until his death. After writing several novels and the drama König Kodrus, eine Missgeburt der Zeit, under the pseudonym Karl Stahl, he devoted himself to critical and biographical literature. His publications include:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
historian of literature, an author, and a professor. He was born at Celle
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
and was educated at Göttingen, where he was professor from 1873 until his death. After writing several novels and the drama König Kodrus, eine Missgeburt der Zeit, under the pseudonym Karl Stahl, he devoted himself to critical and biographical literature. His publications include:
- Deutschlands Dichter von 1813 bis 1843 (1844)
- Elf Bücher deutscher Dichtung von Sebastian BrantSebastian BrantSebastian Brant was an Alsatian humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff .-Biography:...
bis auf die Gegenwart (1849) - Deutsche Dichtung im Mittelalter (second edition, 1871)
- Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung (third edition, under the editorship of Edmund Goetze, 1910 et seq.), his principal work. He wrote biographies of LessingGotthold Ephraim LessingGotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature...
, GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
, and SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
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Publications
- Schreck, Karl Goedeke (1894)