Kosegarten
| Titel: | Kosegarten : the turbulent life & times of a Northern German poet / Lewis M. Holmes |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New York [u.a.] : Lang, 2004 |
| Umfang: | XVI, 254 S. : Ill., Kt. ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 0820470740 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Preface
- p. xi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xv
- Prologue
- p. 1
- Chapter 1.
- The Poet and His World: An Overview
- p. 3
- Chapter 2.
- Rude Awakening: Autumn 1807
- p. 15
- Rumblings of War
- p. 16
- Army at the Gates
- p. 18
- First Soldiers Arrive
- p. 20
- Demands of the Occupation
- p. 24
- Breakfast with the Generals
- p. 26
- Cracking under Pressure
- p. 28
- Formative Years
- p. 31
- Chapter 3.
- Childhood 1758-1775
- p. 33
- Parents and Siblings
- p. 34
- Village and Home
- p. 36
- Studies
- p. 40
- A Poet Emerges
- p. 45
- Born and Bred Religious
- p. 46
- Leaving for University
- p. 50
- Advantages of a Village Upbringing
- p. 52
- Chapter 4.
- Student Days and Tutoring 1775-1785
- p. 55
- Greifswald
- p. 56
- The New Student
- p. 58
- Friendships
- p. 62
- Outings
- p. 65
- First Tutoring Position
- p. 70
- Thwarted Love
- p. 75
- Defending His Reputation
- p. 78
- Boldevitz
- p. 81
- Zansebur, Reez, and Gotemitz
- p. 82
- Katharina Linde
- p. 85
- Writing and Socializing
- p. 87
- Job-hunting
- p. 90
- A Farewell to Youth
- p. 92
- Maturity and Achievement
- p. 93
- Chapter 5.
- Schoolmaster in Wolgast 1785-1792
- p. 95
- The Town
- p. 96
- First Impressions
- p. 98
- Settling In
- p. 102
- Herr Doktor Kosegarten
- p. 104
- The School
- p. 104
- First Day
- p. 107
- Family and Social Life
- p. 111
- Writing for Pleasure and Money
- p. 115
- Strategic Dedications
- p. 118
- Riga or Altenkirchen?
- p. 121
- Murder at a Masked Ball
- p. 123
- Moving On
- p. 125
- Chapter 6.
- Altenkirchen 1792-1804: The Classical Years
- p. 129
- Village and Surroundings
- p. 130
- Practical Matters
- p. 133
- Parish and People
- p. 135
- Parishioners as Subjects
- p. 137
- Parson as Judge
- p. 140
- Pastoral Role
- p. 142
- Sermons at the Shore
- p. 145
- Scholarship and Writing
- p. 148
- Family
- p. 150
- Three Gifted Tutors
- p. 160
- Altenkirchen Classicism
- p. 162
- Upheaval and Political Engagement
- p. 165
- Chapter 7.
- Altenkirchen 1805-1808: Paradise Lost
- p. 167
- Crisis in Mind and Spirit
- p. 167
- The Idyll Ends
- p. 173
- Chapter 8.
- Professor at Greifswald 1808-1818
- p. 181
- Vicissitudes of War
- p. 183
- Nationalist Ferment
- p. 187
- Rhetoric and Hymns
- p. 195
- The Wartburg Festival
- p. 209
- Back to Religion
- p. 213
- Appendix.
- Kosegarten's Major Works
- p. 223
- Bibliography
- p. 233
- Index
- p. 243
