Karl Friedrich Adolf Konrad Bartsch (25 February 1832, in Sprottau – 19 February 1888, in

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) was a German

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. He studied

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at the universities of Breslau (from 1848) and

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(1851/52), where he was a pupil of

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. In 1853 he received his doctorate from the

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, and in 1855 began work as caretaker at the German National Museum in

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. In 1858, he was appointed professor of

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and

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at the

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, where he founded the first seminar for German philology. In 1871 he succeeded

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at the

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, where he taught till his death, shortly before what would have been his fifty-sixth birthday.

Publications

* ''Provenzalisches Lesebuch: Mit einer literarischen Einleitung und einem Wörterbuche'', 1855 – Provençal reading book: with a literary introduction and a dictionary. * ''Denkmäler der provenzalischen Litteratur'', 1856 Monuments of

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. * ''Peire Vidal’s Lieder'' (as editor, 1857)

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's songs. * ''Mittelhochdeutsche Gedichte'', 1860 –

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poems. * ''Chrestomathie de l'ancien français'' (1866; 10th edition, 1910)

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.
''Das Nibelungenlied''
(as editor, 1866). * ''Die deutsche Treue in Sage und Poesie'', 1867 – German loyalty in legend and poetry. * ''Der saturnische Vers und die altdeutsche Langzeile'', 1867 - Saturnian verse and the old German langzeile. * ''Chrestomathie provençale'' (2nd edition, 1868) - Provençal chrestomathy. * ''Herzog Ernst'', 1869 – ''

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'', a German epic. * ''Grundriss zur Geschichte der provenzalischen Literatur'', 1872 - Outline of the history of Provençal literature.
''Dante Allighieri's Göttliche Komödie'': 1: ''Die Hölle'' 2. ''Das Fegefeuer'' 3. ''Das Paradies''
* ''Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Meklenburg'' (2 volumes, 1879–80) - Tales, legends and customs of

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. * ''Gesammelte Vorträge und Aufsätze'', 1883 - Collected lectures and essays. He was the author of many biographies in the '' Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie''.Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Karl Bartsch
at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

References

External links

* * ''Dante Allighieri's Göttliche Komödie'' translated and commented by Karl Bartsc
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