Collection : of decorated manuscripts of German literary works, ca. 1948-1950.

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Collection : of decorated manuscripts of German literary works, ca. 1948-1950.

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Manuscripts of German-language literary works copied by Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler in a calligraphic hand and in inks of different colors, with embellished initials. The works represented include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's plays Faust part I and Iphigenie auf Tauris, as well as his one-act play Die Geschwister, in their entirety, along with a selection of poems, and an essay by him; the poem Die blaue Blume by Gerhart Hauptmann; an excerpt from the novel Knulp by Hermann Hesse; and the fairy tale Die Wölfe by Ernst Wiechert. One item, the manuscript of Goethe's Iphigenie, includes a bookmark made by Frenzel-Koehler (laid in), with a dedication to Ernst Jockers, dated Hellerau, 5 July 1949.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Jockers, Ernst, 1887-....

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Frenzel-Koehler, Gertrude

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Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler resided in the Hellerau district of Dresden, Germany. She was married to the architect and professor Arthur Frenzel (1899-1975), who was a co-director of the restoration of the Zwinger Palace in Dresden after the Second World War. Frenzel-Koehler produced the manuscripts in this collection for Ernst Jockers (1887-1963), professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania, with whom she corresponded at this time. She died no later than 1967. From the descrip...

Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

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Margarete Hauptmann was the second wife of Gerhart Hauptmann; they married in 1904. Maxa Mück was a friend of Margarete Hauptmann's. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1911-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863425 Author. From the description of Letter of Gerhart Hauptmann, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450807 ...

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

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Hermann Hesse was a German writer, popular but often politically out of step in his native country. His social criticism, and especially his focus on the individual and inner spirituality, contributed to extraordinary popularity in America in the 1960s. From the description of Hermann Hesse letter to D. Kilham Roberts, 1950 January 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49344033 German author. From the description of Zwölfe Gedichte vo...

Wiechert, Ernst Emil, 1887-1950

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