Adolf Frey

Adolf Frey ( born February 18, 1855 in Kuettigen, † February 12, 1920 in Zurich ) was a Swiss writer and literary historian.

Life

The son of the popular writer James Frey (1825-1875) studied German and received his doctorate in 1878 at the University of Bern Albrecht von Haller. After living in Berlin and Leipzig, he arrived in 1882 as a German teacher at the Old Canton Aarau. In 1883 he married the German historian Lina Beger ( 1853-1942 ). In 1898 he became a professor of German literature at the University of Zurich as a successor Jacob Baechtolds. The only Swiss Nobel, Carl Spitteler, he was on friendly terms. He died six days before his 65th birthday from cancer.

He devoted his scientific writings mainly of Swiss literature, particularly his role models and Gottfried Keller, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. In addition, he gave works of Swiss poets such as Salomon Gessner or Gaudenzdorfer Johann von Salis - Buchen out and wrote poems, patriotic festivals and novels in the style of bourgeois realism.

Works (selection)

  • Albrecht von Haller and its importance for the German literature. Haessel, Leipzig, 1879.
  • Swiss legends. Dürr, Leipzig 1881; 2nd edition 1921.
  • J. Gaudenzdorfer of Salis - Buchen. Huber, Frauenfeld 1889.
  • Duss and underm Rafe: Füfzg Schwizerliedli. J. Huber, Frauenfeld 1891; 2nd edition 1899; 3rd edition 1921.
  • Memories of Gottfried Keller. Haessel, Leipzig 1892; Red apple, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-85867-095-2.
  • Dance of death. Sauerland, Aarau 1895.
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. His life and his works. Cotta, Stuttgart 1900; 4, enlarged edition 1925.
  • The maid of Wattenwil. Swiss Historical novel. Cotta, Stuttgart 1912.
  • Swiss poet. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1914.
  • Flowers. Ritornelli. Rascher, Zurich 1916.
  • Letters Albert Welti. 2 vols. Rascher, Zurich 1916 and Haessel, Leipzig 1920 ( as editors, Introduction).
  • Bernhard Hirzel. Zurich novel. Rascher, Zurich 1918.
  • Hour strikes. Recent poems. Haessel, Leipzig 1920.
  • From Sunken Gardens. Ritornelli. Pictures of Ernst Kreidolf. Red apple, Erlenbach 1932.
  • From literature and art. Unpublished or Inaccessible from the factory. Edited by Lina Frey- Beger. Huber, Frauenfeld 1932.
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