August Sauer (12 October 1855, in

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land D ...

– 17 September 1926, in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) was an Austrian

Germanist German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and

literary historian The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/listener/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques ...

. He is known for his publication of collected works by

Franz Grillparzer Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...

Ferdinand Raimund Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and dramatist. Life and work He was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturning master craftsman Jako ...

Adalbert Stifter Adalbert Stifter (; 23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while ...

, et al. He studied philology and history at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich h ...

as a pupil of

Franz Brentano Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; ; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was an influential German philosopher, psychologist, and former Catholic priest (withdrawn in 1873 due to the definition of papal infallibility in matters of ...

Ottokar Lorenz Ottokar Lorenz (17 September 1832 – 13 May 1904) was an Austrian-German historian and genealogist. He was born in Iglau (now Jihlava, Czech Republic) and died in Jena. He was the father of chemist Richard Lorenz (1863-1929). He studied philolog ...

and

Richard Heinzel Richard Heinzel (3 November 1838, in Capodistira – 4 April 1905, in Vienna) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. Biography Richard Heinzel studied classical and German philology at the University of Vienna, whe ...

. In 1877 he received his doctorate under the direction of

Karl Tomaschek Karl Tomaschek (28 September 1828, in Iglau – 9 September 1878, in Wetterhöfl, near Iglau) was an Austrian literary historian, best known for his writings on Friedrich Schiller.Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

as a student of

Karl Müllenhoff Karl Viktor Müllenhoff (born September 8, 1818, in Marne, Duchy of Holstein; died February 19, 1884, in Berlin) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. Biography He was born in Marne, Holstein as the second son of mer ...

and

Wilhelm Scherer Wilhelm Scherer (26 April 18416 August 1886) was a German philologist and historian of literature. He was known as a positivist because he based much of his work on "hypotheses on detailed historical research, and rooted every literary phenomenon ...

. From 1879 he worked as an instructor and director of the seminar for German philology at the

University of Lemberg The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

, and in 1883 became an associate professor of German language and literature at the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

. In 1886, he succeeded

Jakob Minor Jakob Minor (15 April 1855, in Vienna – 7 October 1912, in Vienna) was an Austrian literary historian and Germanist. He studied under Karl Tomaschek and Richard Heinzel at the University of Vienna, and later furthered his education in Berli ...

at the University of Prague, where in 1892 he became a full professor of German language and literature. At Prague, he served as dean (1897/98) and

university rector A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a u ...

(1907/08). In 1894 he founded the literary history journal '' Euphorion''.

Selected works

* ''Studien zur Goethe-Philologie'' (with Jakob Minor, 1880) – Studies of

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

-philology. * ''Ferdinand Raimund's sämmtliche Werke'' (with Karl Glossy; 3 volumes, 1881) – Ferdinand Raimund's collected works. * ''Deutsche Litteraturdenkmale des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts'' (with

Bernhard Seuffert Bernhard Seuffert (23 May 1853, in Würzburg – 15 May 1938, in Graz) was a German-Austrian philologist, specializing in German studies. From 1871 he studied classical philology, history and German studies at the University of Würzburg, and afte ...

; multi-volume, 1881–1924) – German literary monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries. * ''Wiener neudrucke'' (11 volumes, 1883–86) – Vienna reprints. * ''Ewald von Kleist's werke'' (3 volumes, 1883) –

Ewald Christian von Kleist Ewald Christian von Kleist (7 March 171524 August 1759) was a German poet and cavalry officer. His vast family was well-established in Farther Pomerania; 58 male members of his family fought in Frederick the Great's army of the Seven Years' War. ...

's works. * ''Gedichte von Gottfried August Bürger'' (1884) – Poetry of

Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, '' Lenore'', found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian a ...

. * ''Grillparzer's sämmtliche Werke'' (4th edition, 16 volumes, 1887) – Franz Grillparzer's collected works. * ''Adalbert Stifters sämmtliche Werke'' (24 volumes, 1901–) – Adalbert Stifter's collected works. * ''Gesammelte reden und aufsätze zur geschichte der literatur in Österreich und Deutschland'' (1903) – Collected lectures and essays on the history of literature in Austria and Germany.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

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