Die vogelscheuche christian morgenstern biographies

Morgenstern is not uncontroversial. Schimmang describes how he came under the influence of the anti-Semitic philosopher Paul de Lagarde. Another companion of the meaning-seeking poet was Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. The four-part exhibition cycle, entitled Immortal Christian Morgensternbrings together pictures of more than a artists who have treated themes of the poet.

Yet him surveys, or so we learn A god from far off, mild and stern. Morgenstern was a member of the General Anthroposophical Society. Rudolf Steiner called him 'a true representative of Anthroposophy'. Morgenstern died in of tuberculosiswhich he had contracted from his mother, who died in Morgenstern's best known works are the Galgenlieder Gallows Songs, Published posthumously were the important companion volumes Palma Kunkel inDer Gingganz inand Alle Galgenlieder in In German these works have gone through dozens of different editions and reprints and sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

In his early years Christian Morgenstern wrote a considerable number of essays and reviews for various German periodicals. They have been collected together and published in Volume 6 Kritische Schriften, of the German collected works of Morgenstern. His philosophical and mythical works were largely influenced by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzschethe Austrian educationalist Rudolf Steiner the originator of anthroposophy and the Waldorf school movementand the Russian writers Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy.

It has given rise to a number of celebrated quotations. These include:. A complete edition of the works of Christian Morgenstern in German in nine volumes is currently being prepared by Verlag Urachhaus Stuttgart under the direction of Professor Reinhardt Habel. Places Germany.

Die vogelscheuche christian morgenstern biographies

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