Therese Albertine Luise Robinson
Therese of Jacob behaves. Robinson ( born January 26, 1797 in Halle ( Saale), † April 13, 1870 in Hamburg) was a German writer, folk song researcher and Slawistin. Under the pseudonyms Talvj and Ernst Berthold she published literary and scientific works in English and German language. She is best known as an editor and translator of the folk songs of the Serbs in two volumes ( 1825-1826 ).
Life
Therese of Jacob was the daughter of the political scientist Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob. The family left Germany in 1806 and settled in Russia, where his father taught at Kharkov University and the University of Saint Petersburg. Returned in 1816, Jacobs returned to Halle. Made famous by the Serbian philologist Vuk Stefanović Karadžić with the folk poetry of the Serbs, Therese published by language and history studies a highly acclaimed collection of Serbian folk songs. The first time used Autorenpseudonym Talvj ( after the initials of her birth name) she kept later in predominantly. She married in 1828 the American scholar Edward Robinson and Palestine researchers and lived with him later in the United States. From 1837 to 1839 she lived in Germany. After the death of her husband she returned in 1864 with her two sons back all the way to Germany. She lived among other things, in Baden- Baden and stayed from 1869 in Hamburg, where their son Edward was American consul.
Works ( Talvj )
- Folk songs of the Serbs. Metric translated and historically initiated by Talvj, 2 volumes. Leipzig and Halle 1835 ( With a dedication to Goethe and a brief history of the lost Serbian Empire). Volume 1 (Google Books) and Volume 2 (Google Books)
- Psyche. A Handbook for the year 1825, three stories. Hall in 1825.
- Attempt at a historical characteristic of the folk songs of Germanic nations. With an overview of the songs of non-European peoples. Leipzig 1840 Google Books
- The spuriousness of the songs of Ossian's and Macphersonschen Ossian's in particular. Leipzig 1840. Google Books
- History of the colonization of New England: there from the first settlements in 1607 until the introduction of the provincial constitution of Massachusetts in 1692, Leipzig 1847..
- Heloise, or The Unrevealed Secret. A Tale. New York 1850. Google Books German Heloise. A Tale of Talvj. Leipzig 1852. Digital Collections
- The Exiles. A Tale. . New York 1853 Internet Archive (PDF, 17.7 MB) The German emigrants. A story. 2 volumes, Leipzig, 1852. Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Google Books)
- Marie Barcoczy, historical novel. Leipzig 1852.
- Simple manual a history of Slavic languages and literature. In addition to a sketch of their popular poetry. Translation from English and preface by BK Brühl. With a preface by Edward Robinson. Leipzig 1852. Bavarian State Library
- Kurmark and Caucasus or the secret transfer of WM Drugulin. Leipzig 1852
- Fifteen years. A time paintings from the last century, 2 volumes, Leipzig 1868., Volume 1 (Google Books) and Volume 2 (Google Books)
- Collected Short Stories of Talvj. In addition to a selection of previously unpublished poems and a biographical introduction, 2 vols. Leipzig 1874.