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RICHTER, JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH (17631825) , usually called JEAN PAUL, famous German humorist, was born at Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, on the 21st of March 1763. His father was a schoolmaster and organist at Wunsiedel, but in 1765 he became a pastor at Joditz near Hof, and in 1776 at Schwarzenbach, where he died in 1779. After attending the gymsnasium at Hof, Richter went in 1781 to the university of Leipzig
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Richter began his career as a man of letters with Gronlandische Prozesse and Auswahl aus des Teufels Papieren, the former of which was issued in 178384, the latter in 1789. These works were not received with much favour, and in later life Richter himself had little sympathy with their satirical tone. His next book, Die unsichtbare Loge, a romance, published in 1793, had all the qualities which were soon to make him famous, and its power was immediately recognized by some of the best critics of the day. Encouraged by the reception of Die unsichtbare Loge, he sent forth in rapid succession Hesperus (1795), Biographische Belustigungen unter der Gehirnschale einer Riesin (1796), Leben des Quintus Fixlein (1796), Blumen- Frucht- and Dornenstilcke, oder Ehestand, Tod and Hochzeit des Armenadvokaten Siebenkds (179697), Der Jubelsenior (1797), and Das Kampaner Tal (1797). This series of writings won for Richter an assured place in German literature, and during the rest of his life every work
Schiller said of Richter that he would have been worthy of admiration" if he had made as good use of his riches as other men made of their poverty." And it is true that in the form of his writings he never did full justice to his great
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Richter's Sdmtliche Werke appeared in 1826-28 in 6o vols., to which were added 5 vols ofLiterarischer Nachlass in 183638 a second edition was published in 184042 (33 vols.) ; a third in 186o-62 (34 vols.). The last complete edition is that edited by R. Gottschall (6o parts, 1879). Editions of selected works appeared in 16 vols. (1865), in Kiirschner's Deutsche Nationalliteratur (edited by P. Nerrlich, 6 vols., 1884-87), &c. The chief
the continuation of Richter's autobiography by C. Otto and E. Forster (1826-33); H. During, J. P. F. Richters Leben and Charakteristik (1830-32); R. O. Spazier, J. P. F. Richter: ein biographischer Kommentar zu dtssen Werken (5 vols., 1833): E. Forster, Denkunirdigkeiten aus dem Legen von J. P. F. Richter (1863); P. Nerrlich, Jean Paul and seine Zeitgenossen (1876) ; J. Firmery, Etude sur la vie et les oeuvres de J. P. F. Richter (1886) ; P. Nerrlich, Jean Paul, sein Leben and seine Werke (1889) ; F. J. Schneider, Jean Pauls Altersdichtung (1901); by the same, Jean Pauls Jugend and erstes Auftreten in der Literatur (1906). All Richter's more important works have been translated into English, Quintus Fixlein and Schmelzles Reise, by Carlyle; see also Carlyle's two admirable essays on Richter. End of Article: RICHTER, JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH (17631825) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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