GER 1791 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Adelbert Von Chamisso, Peter Schlemihl, Chamisso Island
23 Jan 2019
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Born at chateau boncourt, seine-et-marne, champagne, france. Family fled after french revolution, settled in berlin, prussia. Berlin had sizeable community of french huguenot descent as catholic, chamisso an outsider. Napoleonic wars complicate his position, both in germany and france. Identity, belonging, alienation all common themes in his work. Poems set to music by robert schumann, peter schlemihl turned into ballet by peter. 1820-1838, curator at the botanical gardens in berlin. Undertook travels around the globe on scientific expeditions. Interest in linguistics, delivered lectures to the royal academy of sciences in berlin on indigenous language ("on the hawaiian language", 1837) Adalbert von chamisso prize, literary prize awarded to non-native speakers of german who publish in the german language. One of best known stories of romanticism. One of most often interpreted works of german fiction. Medieval story of fortunatus, two magical objects: a magical purse and a wishing hat. Faust legend, including goethe"s version, faust, published in 1808.
