The German Classics from the 4th to the 19th Century, Vol. 1 (of 2)

The German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (of 2)

WHEN the Clarendon Press undertook to publish a translation of Professor W. Scherers History of German Literature, it was suggested that an Historical Reading-Book, containing extracts from the principal writers of prose and poetry treated in that History, would form a useful companion volume. My German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, published in 1858, had long been out of print, and I had no time to undertake a new edition. Professor Scherer, whom I consulted on the subject, suggested Professor Franz Lichtenstein of Breslau as fully qualified to revise and rearrange my volume, so as to adapt it to the new purpose for which it was intended, namely, to supply the pices justificatives for the new History of German Literature. Professor Lichtenstein devoted himself most zealously to this arduous task, and, with the assistance of Professor Scherer himself, his part of the work was nearly finished, when a sudden death,he was drowned while bathing in the Baltic,put an end to the bright career of this most conscientious and hard-working scholar. Professor Scherer, who had himself taken an active part in the selection of new extracts, now commissioned Dr. Joseph to superintend the printing of this Historical Reading-Book, to whom therefore all the credit for the correctness both of the texts and the translations is due. On the whole the Reading-Book follows Scherers History step by step, though in order to keep extracts from the same author together, or to gain some other small advantages, certain deviations[S. viii] became necessary. The Headings are intended to recall the periods as established in Scherers History. Only Herder, Goethe, and Schiller have been treated separately as Classics, in the highest sense of the word, and some of their contemporaries, whose works, though of smaller value, had to be discussed in conjunction with them in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the History, have shared the same honour. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51389
Author: Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
Release Date: Mar 7, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: German

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Editor: Lichtenstein, Franz, 1852-1884