Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (* September 6, 1806 in Madrid; † August 3, 1880 ) was a Spanish poet.
Biography
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, son of a German carpenter from Schwadorf (now the town of Brühl ), who was there married to a Spaniard, studied since 1815 at the University of Madrid theology, French and Italian and wrote in passing sonnets and romances, to him a dramatic presentation, which he saw for the first time at this time, the stage seal zuführte.
To make money, but he had to take over the father's occupation. He later worked as a journalist and translator of Voltaire and Vittorio Alfieri and he also edited and Calderón Rojas Zorrilla. Hartzenbusch also had a direct and precise knowledge of German literature.
He now translated French plays and tried to edit, two of which were listed old Spanish comedies for the stage. In 1835 he was hired as a government stenographer newspaper. The success of their own drama, the popular tradition was established by the Lovers of Teruel basis, in January 1836 led him to devote himself henceforth exclusively to literature.
Later he got a job at the Royal Library in Madrid, in 1847 a member of the Real Academia Española, 1852 Chief Justice of the Theatre Council, and in 1862 director of the Spanish National Library. He died on August 3, 1880 in Madrid.
Works
- Los amantes de Teruel (Madrid 1836, 2nd edition 1838; German by Seubert, Leipz 1873. )
- Dona Mencia (1838 )
- La redoma encantada (1839 )
- La Visionaria (1840 )
- Alfonso el casto (1841 )
- El bachiller Mendarias (1842 )
- La coja y elencogido (1843 )
- Juan de las viñas (1844 )
- Vida por honra (1854 )
Most of these pieces are characterized by vivid imagination, strong diction sonorous versification and a striving out to be national in the choice of fabrics and their treatment. He was a very meticulous writer who wanted to be characterized by formal correctness, so there are several versions of his plays in which he has honed over again.
Los amantes de Teruel
This drama in four acts, was premiered on 19 January 1837, and is probably the most-played romantic drama in Spain. Prose and verse are mixed and the classic three units are not respected. It was such a success that it has been compared to works by Shakespeare, Schiller and Greek tragedy. The fabric goes back to an occupied since the 16th century narrative motif. The two main characters Marsilla Diego and Isabel de Segura, their love remains unfulfilled because they are socially ungleichrangig ( he is poor, she a noblewoman ) are now seen as equally important Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde. Since he is so poor, her father set a date to get money; However, he is too late, Isabel is already married and denied him even a last kiss goodbye, Diego dies in despair. On his deathbed, she then gives the body the longed-for kiss and dies on their part. It comes to the union of the lovers in the afterlife, because society would not let them come together in this world. Nevertheless, the end of the drama is much more forgiving than about Don Álvaro of Angel de Saavedra, there is no marriage in the afterlife as José de Espronceda. It is worth noting especially the dramatic play with the time running against the protagonist, embodies the ringing of bells and the time that elapses relentless.
In addition, published Hartzenbusch
- Cuentos y fabulas (Madrid 1861, 2 vols ) and
- Obras de encargo (Leipzig 1864) and
- Obras escogidas ( with biography, das. 1865, 2 vols, 2nd edition 1876).
To the old Spanish theater he went through his critical editions of the Teatro del Escogido M. Tirso de Molina (Madrid 1839-42, 12 vols, new edition 1848), the Come Dias de Calderon ( 1849-51, 4 vols ), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón and Comedies escogidas de Lope de Vega Carpio (1853 ff, 4 vols ) deserves.
His poems and prose essays he gave under the title: Ensayos poéticos y articulos en prose, litterarios y de costumbres (Madrid 1843) gathered out. Hartzenbusch also had a direct and precise knowledge of German literature.