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Die Ahnen
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912 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1880
About the author
Gustav Freytag
671 books9 followersGustav Freytag (13 July 1816 – 30 April 1895) was a German novelist and playwright.
Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork) in Silesia. After attending the gymnasium at Oels (Oleśnica), he studied philology at the universities of Breslau (Wrocław) and Berlin, and in 1838 received his degree with a dissertation titled De initiis poeseos scenicae apud Germanos (Über die Anfänge der dramatischen Poesie bei den Germanen, English: On the Beginnings of Dramatic Poetry among the Germans). He became member of the student corps Borussia zu Breslau.
In 1839, he settled in Breslau, as Privatdozent in German language and literature, but devoted his principal attention to writing for the stage, achieving considerable success with the comedy Die Brautfahrt, oder Kunz von der Rosen (1844). This was followed by a volume of unimportant poems, In Breslau (1845), and the dramas Die Valentine (1846) and Graf Waldemar (1847). He at last attained a prominent position by his comedy, Die Journalisten (1853), one of the best German comedies of the 19th century.
In 1847, he migrated to Berlin, and in the following year took over, in conjunction with Julian Schmidt, the editorship of Die Grenzboten, a weekly journal which, founded in 1841, now became the leading organ of German and Austrian liberalism. Freytag helped to conduct it until 1861, and again from 1867 till 1870, when for a short time he edited a new periodical, Im neuen Reich. In 1863 he developed what is known as Freytag's pyramid.
He died in Wiesbaden.
Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork) in Silesia. After attending the gymnasium at Oels (Oleśnica), he studied philology at the universities of Breslau (Wrocław) and Berlin, and in 1838 received his degree with a dissertation titled De initiis poeseos scenicae apud Germanos (Über die Anfänge der dramatischen Poesie bei den Germanen, English: On the Beginnings of Dramatic Poetry among the Germans). He became member of the student corps Borussia zu Breslau.
In 1839, he settled in Breslau, as Privatdozent in German language and literature, but devoted his principal attention to writing for the stage, achieving considerable success with the comedy Die Brautfahrt, oder Kunz von der Rosen (1844). This was followed by a volume of unimportant poems, In Breslau (1845), and the dramas Die Valentine (1846) and Graf Waldemar (1847). He at last attained a prominent position by his comedy, Die Journalisten (1853), one of the best German comedies of the 19th century.
In 1847, he migrated to Berlin, and in the following year took over, in conjunction with Julian Schmidt, the editorship of Die Grenzboten, a weekly journal which, founded in 1841, now became the leading organ of German and Austrian liberalism. Freytag helped to conduct it until 1861, and again from 1867 till 1870, when for a short time he edited a new periodical, Im neuen Reich. In 1863 he developed what is known as Freytag's pyramid.
He died in Wiesbaden.
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December 14, 2012
Die Ahnen sind ein 6bändiger Romanzyklus, der die Geschichte einer germanisch-deutschen Familie von der Völkerwanderung bis zu den napoleonischen Kriegen erzählt.
Die Bücher sind in verschiedenen Epochen angesiedelt, welche durch einen jeweils entsprechenden Sprachstil authentifiziert werden sollen. Gustav Freytag gelingt damit ein gut durchdachtes, poetisches Konzept von historischer Literatur, in der fiktive Akteure in die große Geschichte eingebunden werden.
Gerade das erste Buch "Ingo" liest sich allerdings etwas sperrig und wer kein Freund von Familiengeschichten ist, sollte sich eher von dem Buch fernhalten (obwohl es auch möglich ist, die Romane einzeln zu lesen, da die Handlungen immer in sich abgeschlossen sind.)
Für Liebhaber von eher epischen Zügen und Menschen, die sich für die deutsche Sprache begeistern ist der Zyklus absolut empfehlenswert, wer aber einen spannenden Historienroman aus dem 19. Jh. lesen möchte, der sollte sich eher an Alexandre Dumas o.ä. halten.
Die Bücher sind in verschiedenen Epochen angesiedelt, welche durch einen jeweils entsprechenden Sprachstil authentifiziert werden sollen. Gustav Freytag gelingt damit ein gut durchdachtes, poetisches Konzept von historischer Literatur, in der fiktive Akteure in die große Geschichte eingebunden werden.
Gerade das erste Buch "Ingo" liest sich allerdings etwas sperrig und wer kein Freund von Familiengeschichten ist, sollte sich eher von dem Buch fernhalten (obwohl es auch möglich ist, die Romane einzeln zu lesen, da die Handlungen immer in sich abgeschlossen sind.)
Für Liebhaber von eher epischen Zügen und Menschen, die sich für die deutsche Sprache begeistern ist der Zyklus absolut empfehlenswert, wer aber einen spannenden Historienroman aus dem 19. Jh. lesen möchte, der sollte sich eher an Alexandre Dumas o.ä. halten.
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