Heinz Schlaffer (21 June 1939 – 31 October 2023) was a German

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and Professor of Literary Science of the

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. He was best known for essays like "Die kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur" (The Short History of German Literature).

Biography

Heinz Schlaffer was born in

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on 21 June 1939. He received his first Literary Science Professorship at the Philipp's University – Marburg and changed to Stuttgart in 1975. He held a teaching position in that town from 1975 until his emeritus in 2004. Schlaffer published numerous books, among others about ''Lyrik im Realismus'' (Poetry in Realism), ''Der Bürger als Held'' (The Townspeople as Heroes), aesthetic histories,

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''Faust'', ''Poesie und Wissen'' (Poetry and Knowledge), besides scientific writings like essays and literary criticisms in

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. Schlaffer died on 31 October 2023, at the age of 84.

Selected works

* ''Das entfesselte Wort : Nietzsches Stil und seine Folgen'' (The Aroused Word: Nietzsche's Style and his Successors). Hanser, Munich 2007 * ''Poesie und Wissen : die Entstehung des ästhetischen Bewusstseins und der philologischen Erkenntnis'' (Poems and Knowledge: The Origins of Aesthetic Consciousness and the Philosophical Insight). Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2005 * ''Die kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur'' (The Short History of German Literature). Hanser, Munich; Vienna 2002 * ''Faust zweiter Teil : die Allegorie des 19. Jahrhunderts'' (Faust Part II: The Allegory of the 19th Century). Metzler, Stuttgart 1989 * ''Der Bürger als Held : sozialgeschichtliche Auflösungen literarischer Widersprüche'' (The Townspeople as Heroes: Social-Historical Solutions of Literary Contradictions). Suhrkamp, Frankfurt (am Main) 1973 * ''Lyrik im Realismus : Studien über Raum und Zeit in den Gedichten'' (Poetry in Realism: Studies about Time and Place in Poems) Mörikes, the Droste and Liliencrons. – Würzburg 1966

Selected awards

* 2008

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for Essays of the Berliner Akademie der Künste

References

External links

Literature by and on Heinz Schlaffer
in the Catalog of the

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Perlentaucher über den Autor, Kurzrezensionen seiner Werke
(Perlentaucher about the Author, Short Review of his Works) (German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlaffer, Heinz 1939 births 2023 deaths German Germanists Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart Heinrich Mann Prize winners Sudeten German people People from Tachov District