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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
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. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
and was educated at
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
(1833-1838), where he attended lectures by
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics, the co-author of th ...
, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. From 1841 to 1855, he lived and worked in
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
,
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@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie and from 1873 until his death, was a professor at the University of Göttingen.
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 Brant
Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire '' Das Narrenschiff'' (''The Ship of Fools'').
Biography
Brant was born in Strasbourg to an innkeeper but eventually enter ...
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 also wrote biographies of Lessing, Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
, and Schiller.
Publications
* Schreck, ''Karl Goedeke'' (1894)
References
External links
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1814 births
1887 deaths
German biographers
Male biographers
People from Celle
People from the Kingdom of Hanover
University of Göttingen alumni
Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
German male non-fiction writers