Amandus Gottfried Adolf Müllner (18 October 177411 June 1829) was a German critic and dramatic poet. Müllner was a nephew of Gottfried August Burger, and was born at Langendorf near Weissenfels. After studying law at

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

he established himself as advocate at Weissenfels and made his debut as an author with the novel ''Incest, oder der Schutzgeist von Avignon''. He next wrote a few

comedies Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term origin ...

for an amateur theatre in Weissenfels; these were followed by more pretentious pieces: ''Der angolische Kaler'' (1809) and ''Der Blilz'' (1814, publ. 1818), after French models. With his

tragedies Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...

, however, ''Der neun- und-zwanzigste Februar'' (1812), and especially ''Die Schuld'' (1813; publ. 1816), Müllner became the representative of the so-called ''Schicksalsdramatiker'', and for several years fate-tragedies on the model of ''Die Schuld'' dominated the German stage. His later plays, ''König Yngurd'' (1817) and ''Die Albaneserin'' (1820), were less important. Notwithstanding his literary success, Müllner did not neglect his profession, and was given the title of Hofrat; he also edited various journals, and had a reputation as a vigorous if somewhat acrimonious critic. He died at Weissenfels on 11 June 1829. Müllner's ''Vermischte Schriften'' appeared in 2 vols. (1824–1826); his ''Dramatische Werke'' in 8 vols. (1828; 2nd ed., 1832). In 1830 four supplementary volumes were published containing mainly Criticism.

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