Adolf Stern (real name: Adolf Ernst; June 14, 1835 – April 15, 1907) was a German literary historian and poet.
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He was born in Leipzig. He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Jena, and in 1868, was appointed professor of the history of literature in ate Königlich-Sächsischen Polytechnikum of inesden. His publications include the compilation Fünfzig Jahre deutscher Dichtung (1871); two collections of essays, Aus dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert (1874), Geschichte der neuern Litteratur (seven volumes, 1882–85); Grundriss der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte (fourth edition, 1906); and edithe ting of Hauff, Herder, and Körner, Sr. His literary works include: Gedichte (1860); fourth edition, 190(0); D;e Wiedertäufer (1866), stories; the novels Die letzten Humanisten (1880); Camoëns (1887); and Die Ausgestossenen (1911), a fragment. His selected works appeared in eight volumes (Leipzig, 1908). He died in Dresden.
References
edit- Adolf Bartels, A. Stern der Dichter und Literaturhistoriker (Dresden, 1905)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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