Karl Leberecht Immermann (24 April 1796 – 25 August 1840) was a German dramatist , novelist and poet .
21-415: Immerman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karl Immermann (1796–1840), German dramatist, novelist, and poet Neil Immerman (born 1953), American computer scientist Richard H. Immerman (born 1949), American historian and writer See also [ edit ] Immelman [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
42-579: A clearness of plot and expression foreign to the Romantic style. His antagonism to the literature of his day became more and more pronounced, and he vented his indignation at the lack of art shown by the later Romanticists, the inanity of the lyricists, and the bad taste of the so-called fate tragedies ( Schicksalstragödien ), in the witty Aristophanic comedies Die verhängnißvolle Gabel (1826) and Der romantische Oedipus (1828). The want of interest, amounting even to hostility, with which Platen's enthusiasm for
63-480: A congenial field for his talents. His early plays are imitations, partly of Kotzebue 's, partly of the Romantic dramas of Ludwig Tieck and Müller, and are now forgotten. In 1826, however, appeared Cardenio und Celinde , a love tragedy of more promise; this, as well as the earlier productions, awakened the ill-will of Count Platen , who made Immermann the subject of his wittiest satire, Der romantische Oedipus . Between 1827 and 1832 Immermann redeemed his good name by
84-610: A series of historical tragedies, Das Trauerspiel in Tirol (1827), Kaiser Friedrich II. (1828) and a trilogy from Russian history, Alexis (1832). His masterpiece is the poetic mystery, Merlin (1831), a noble poem, which, like its model, Faust , deals with the deeper problems of modern spiritual life. Immermann's important dramaturgic experiments in Düsseldorf are described in detail in Düsseldorfer Anfänge (1840). More significant
105-563: A while, and in the winter of 1832–1833 lived at Munich, where he revised the first complete edition of his poems, Gedichte (1833). In the summer of 1834, Platen returned to Italy, and, after living in Florence and Naples, proceeded in 1835 to Sicily . Dread of the cholera , which was at that time very prevalent, induced him to move from place to place, and in November of that year he was taken ill at Syracuse , where he died on 5 December 1835. He
126-592: Is buried in the non-Catholic cemetery of Syracuse. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition , "Like Heine himself, Platen failed in the drama, but his odes and sonnets, to which must be added his Polenlieder (1831), in which he gives vent to his warm sympathy for the Poles in their rising against the rule of the Tsar, are in language and metre so artistically finished as to rank among
147-437: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Karl Immermann He was born at Magdeburg , the son of a government official. In 1813 he went to study law at Halle , where he remained, after the suppression of the university by Napoleon in the same year, until Frederick William III of Prussia 's "Summons to my people" on 17 March. Immermann responded quickly, but was prevented by illness from taking part in
168-964: Is embedded in the formless mass of Münchhausen . His last work was an unfinished epic, Tristan und Isolde (1840). Immermann's Gesammelte Schriften were published in 14 vols. in 1835–1843; a new edition, with biography and introduction by R. Boxberger, in 20 vols. (Berlin, 1883); selected works, edited by M. Koch, (4 vols, 1887–1888) and Franz Muncker (6 vols, 1897). See G. zu Putlitz , Karl Immermann, sein Leben und seine Werke (2 vols, 1870); Ferdinand Freiligrath , Karl Immermann, Blätter der Erinnerung an ihn (1842); Wilhelm Müller , K. Immermann und sein Kreis (1860); R. Fellner, Geschichte einer deutschen Musterbühne (1888); K. Immermann: eine Gedächtnisschrift (1896). August von Platen-Hallerm%C3%BCnde Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 1796 – 5 December 1835)
189-470: Is his position as a novelist. Here he clearly stands on the boundary line between Romanticism and modern literature; his Epigonen (1836) might be described as one of the last Romantic imitations of Goethe 's Wilhelm Meister , while the satire and realism of his second novel, Münchhausen (1838), form a complete break with the older literature. As a prose-writer Immermann is perhaps best remembered to-day by his story of village life, Der Oberhof , which
210-489: Is reflected in several dramas written about this time. In 1823, Immermann was appointed judge at Magdeburg, and in 1827 was transferred to Düsseldorf as Landgerichtsrat or district judge. The countess, whose marriage had in the meantime been dissolved, followed him, and, though refusing marriage, shared his home until 1839, when he married a granddaughter of August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828), chancellor and rector perpetuus of Halle University. In 1834 Immermann undertook
231-606: The Yonne . He saw no fighting, however, and returned home with his regiment towards the close of the same year. Desiring to study, and finding garrison life distasteful, he obtained a long leave of absence, and after a tour in Switzerland and the Bavarian Alps , entered the University of Würzburg in 1818 as a student of philosophy and philology . In the following year Platen migrated to
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273-442: The university of Erlangen , where he sat at the feet of Schelling , and became one of his most enthusiastic admirers. As a result of his Oriental studies Platen published a little volume of poems— Ghaselen (1821), each consisting of ten to twenty verses, in which he imitates the style of Rückert ; Lyrische Blätter (1821); Spiegel des Hafis (1822); Vermischte Schriften (1822); and Neue Ghaselen (1823). These attracted
294-512: The Orient in poetry—in his work Reisebilder, zweiter Teil (1827), Platen expressed anti-Semitic sentiment directed at Heine in his work Der romantische Oedipus (1828). Heine reacted in turn by publicizing Platen's homosexuality in Reisebilder dritter Teil (1830). This back and forth of mockery and ad hominem attacks are also referred to as " die von Platen Affaire ". In Naples, where Platen formed
315-531: The attention of eminent men of letters among them Goethe , both by reason of their contents, which breathe the spirit of the East, and also of the purity and elegance of their form and diction. Though Platen was at first influenced by the school of Romanticism , and particularly by Spanish models, the plays written during his university life at Erlangen, Der gläserne Pantoffel , Der Schatz des Rhampsinit , Berengar , Treue um Treue , Der Turm mit sieben Pforten , show
336-580: The earlier campaign; he fought, however, in 1815 at Ligny and Waterloo , and marched into Paris with Blücher . At the conclusion of the war, he resumed his studies at Halle, and after being Referendar in Magdeburg , was appointed in 1819 Assessor at Münster in Westphalia . Here he made the acquaintance of Elise von Lützow, Countess von Ahlefeldt , wife of Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm Freiherr von Lützow . She inspired him to begin writing, and their relationship
357-484: The friendship of August Kopisch , the poet and painter, were written his last drama Die Liga von Cambrai (1833) and the delightful epic fairy-tale Die Abbassiden (1830; 1834), besides numerous lyrical poems, odes and ballads. He also essayed historical work in a fragment, Geschichte des Königreichs Neapel von 1414 bis 1443 (1838), without, however, achieving any marked success. In 1832, his father died, and after an absence of eight years Platen returned to Germany for
378-415: The management of the Düsseldorf theatre, and, although his resources were small, succeeded for two years in raising it to a high level of excellence. The theatre, however, was insufficiently endowed to allow of him carrying on the work, and In 1836 he returned to his official duties and literary pursuits. He died at Düsseldorf. Immermann had considerable aptitude for the drama, but it was long before he found
399-504: The purity and dignity of poetry was received in many literary circles in Germany increased the poet's indignation and disgust. In 1826, he visited Italy , which he henceforth made his home, living at Florence , Rome and Naples . His means were slender, but, though frequently necessitous, he felt happy in the life he had chosen, that of a "wandering rhapsodist". Offended by Heinrich Heine 's mockery of " die Orientsucht "—the obsession with
420-509: The school of cadets ( Kadettenhaus ) in Munich , Bavaria, where he showed early poetic talent. In 1810 as an adolescent he passed into the royal school of pages ( Königliche Pagerie ). In 1814, Platen was appointed lieutenant in the regiment of Bavarian life-guards. With them he took part in the short campaign in France of 1815, being in bivouac for several months near Mannheim and in the department of
441-511: Was a German poet and dramatist . In German he mostly is called Graf ( Count ) Platen. August von Platen was born on 24 October 1796 at Ansbach , the son of the Oberforstmeister (a senior public servant) of that state, Count Philipp August von Platen-Hallermünde , by second wife Baroness Christiane Eichler von Auriz. Shortly after his birth Ansbach and other Franconian principalities became incorporated with Bavaria . Platen entered
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