Adolf Stern (real name: ''Adolf Ernst''; June 14, 1835 – April 15, 1907) was a

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literary historian and poet. He was born in

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. He studied at the universities of

and

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, and in 1868 was appointed

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of the history of literature in the Königlich-Sächsischen Polytechnikum of Dresden. 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 editing of

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, Herder, and Körner, Sr. His literary works include: ''Gedichte'' (1860); fourth edition, 1900); ''Die 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

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, ''A. Stern der Dichter und Literaturhistoriker'' (Dresden, 1905) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Adolf 1835 births 1907 deaths Academic staff of TU Dresden German poets 19th-century German historians Writers from Leipzig People from the Kingdom of Saxony German male poets German male novelists 19th-century poets 19th-century German novelists 19th-century German male writers