Joseph Kürschner

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Joseph Kürschner (20 September 1853, in

editor most often cited for his critical edition of classics from German literature
.

Biography

At first engaged in

University of Leipzig
. Then he lived several years in
Hofrat) and professor by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Besides several publications connected with the history of German theater, he edited successively in Berlin and Stuttgart
a considerable number of literary monthlies, year-books, and other periodicals.

He was also editor of the Deutsche Nationallitteratur, a critical collection in 220 volumes of classics from German literature. He was also widely known as the editor, after 1883, of the Allgemeiner deutscher Litteraturkalender (Stuttgart, 1879 et seq.), an annual biographical record of all German authors and their works.

Original works

  • Konrad Ekhof (1872)
  • Bayreuther Tagebuchblätter (Bayreuth diary; 1870)
  • Heil Kaiser Dir! (1897)
  • Frau Musika (1898)
  • China (1901)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II als Soldat und Seemann (1902)

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