Max Koch (academic)
Encyclopedia
Max Koch was a German
historian
and literary critic.
and Berlin
, and was a docent at Marburg
beginning 1880. He was appointed assistant professor at Breslau in 1890 and later professor.
He founded Zeitschrift für vergleichende Literaturgeschichte (Berlin, 1886, later Weimar
).
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
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and literary critic.
Biography
He studied in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and was a docent at Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
beginning 1880. He was appointed assistant professor at Breslau in 1890 and later professor.
Work
- Helferich Peter Sturz und die Schleswigschen Literaturbriefe (Munich, 1879)
- Ueber die Beziehungen der englischen Literatur zur deutschen im 18. Jahrhundert (LeipzigLeipzigLeipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, 1883) - Shakespeare (Stuttgart, 1885)
- Franz Grillparzer (1891)
- Nationalität und Nationallitteratur (1891)
- Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur, with Vogt (1900)
- Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart (Leipzig; 2d ed., 1904)
Compilations
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's Deutsche National Literatur
He founded Zeitschrift für vergleichende Literaturgeschichte (Berlin, 1886, later Weimar
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
).