Heinrich Breitinger (11 March 1832, in Ellikon an der Thur – 2 March 1889, in Zürich) was a Swiss literary historian and philologist.
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He studied medicine in Munich and Zürich, but due to a hand injury as the result of a duel, he was forced to leave the medical field.[1] He then studied modern languages at Zürich, Basel and Lausanne, and from 1857 taught French and English classes at the cantonal school in Frauenfeld. From 1876 until his death, he was a full professor of modern languages at the University of Zürich.[2]
Selected works
edit- Der Salon Rambouillet und seine kulturgeschichtliche bedeutung, 1874 – The Salon Rambouillet and its culturo-historical importance.
- Die Vermittler des deutschen Geistes in Frankreich, 1876 – Mediators of the German spirit in France.
- Das Studium des Italienischen : die Entwicklung der Litterärsprache, 1879 – The study of Italian: the development of the literary language.
- Aus neuern litteraturen, 1879 – On modern literature.
- Les unités d'Aristote avant le Cid de Corneille : étude de littérature comparée (1879, 2nd edition 1895) – The unities of Aristotle and Le Cid of Pierre Corneille; a study of comparative literature.
- Studium und Unterricht des Französischen : ein encyklopädischer Leitfaden (2nd edition 1885) – Study and teaching of French: an encyclopedic guide.
- Die Briefe der Frau von Staël an Jakob Heinrich Meister, 1890 – The letters of Germaine de Staël to Jacques-Henri Meister.
- Studien und Wandertage : Mit Portrait und Lebensabriss, 1890.
- Grundzüge der englischen litteratur- und sprachgeschichte (3rd edition, 1896) – Principles of the history of English literature and linguistics.[3][4]
He was also the author of a few biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.[5]
References
edit- ^ Breitinger, Heinrich Romanistenlexikon
- ^ ADB:Breitinger, Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 219 f.
- ^ Heinrich Breitinger de.Wikisource (bibliography)
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
- ^ Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Heinrich Breitinger In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie