GB 0367 FGU - Gundolf, Friedrich (1880-1931)

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GB 0367 FGU

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Gundolf, Friedrich (1880-1931)

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  • 1898-1947 (Création/Production)

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c 350 files

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Friedrich Gundolf, born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger, Darmstadt, 20 July 1880, son of Sigmung Gundelfinger (1846-1910), Professor of Mathematics at the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt; educated at the Ludwig-Georgs Gymnasium, Darmstadt, and studied German literature and history at the Universities of Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin; served in Army Reserve, 1916-1918, and held lectures on Goethe for the 6th Army in France and Belgium; appointed Professor of German Literature at Heidelberg, 1920, a post he held until his death in 1931, he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy.
Gundolf's research output was prolific and wide ranging, his major publications were Shakespeare Und Der Deutsche Geist, (1911), Caesar Geschichte Seines Ruhms, (1924) and biographies of Goethe (1916), Heinrich von Kleist (1922) and Stefan George (1924). On his death he left many unfinished and unpublished manuscripts, of which a few were published posthumously by his widow.

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GB 0367 FGU 1898-1947 Collection (Fonds) c 350 files Gundolf , Friedrich , 1880-1931 , writer

Friedrich Gundolf, born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger, Darmstadt, 20 July 1880, son of Sigmung Gundelfinger (1846-1910), Professor of Mathematics at the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt; educated at the Ludwig-Georgs Gymnasium, Darmstadt, and studied German literature and history at the Universities of Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin; served in Army Reserve, 1916-1918, and held lectures on Goethe for the 6th Army in France and Belgium; appointed Professor of German Literature at Heidelberg, 1920, a post he held until his death in 1931, he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy.
Gundolf's research output was prolific and wide ranging, his major publications were Shakespeare Und Der Deutsche Geist, (1911), Caesar Geschichte Seines Ruhms, (1924) and biographies of Goethe (1916), Heinrich von Kleist (1922) and Stefan George (1924). On his death he left many unfinished and unpublished manuscripts, of which a few were published posthumously by his widow.

Gifted to the University of London by the administrators of the estate of Elizabeth Gundolf, 1960.

Correspondence and papers of Friedrich Gundolf, 1902-1931, comprising:
Poems: manuscripts and typescripts of c 1100 poems by Gundolf, 1899-1931
Manuscripts: manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished books, lectures, and articles by Gundolf including lecture notes for Deutsche Literatur in der Reformationszeit, [c 1930], Deutsche Bildung von Luther bis Lessing, Deutsche Geistesgeschichte von Luther bis Nietzsche, Barok, a survey of German literature from Opitz to Lessing, 1923-1930; Klopstock; Frhromantik, and Deutsche Literatur im neunzehnten Jahrhundert; draft of biographical study of Johannes von Müller; unpublished short drafts on Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and others;
Letters from Gundolf: typed copies of letters by Gundolf, collected after his death by Elisabeth Gundolf, correspondents include Magda Bezner, Ernst Robert Curtius, Herbert Cysarz, Franz Dornsieff, Tilly Edinger, Eduard Fraenkel, Marie-Louise Gothein, Maria Geiger, Sir Herbert Grierson, Romano Guardini, Lucy and Wolfgang Heyer, Paul Hensel, Karl Jaspers, Gräfin Leonie Keyserling (Baronin Ungern-Sternberg), Julius Landmann, Sabine Lepsius, Friedrich von der Leyen, Georg Misch, Mabel MacInnes, Harry Maync, Emil Praetorius, Julius Petersen, Max Pulver, Herbert Steiner, Karl Vosler, Alfred Weber and Marianne and Max Weber;
Letters to Gundolf, mainly 1920-1931, c 930 correspondents including Erich Aron, Ernst Bertram, Bruno Arverardi, Ernst Robert Curtius, Franz Deibel, Tilly Edinger, Heinrich Friedemann, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ernst Gundolf, Jacob Geis, Maris Luise Gothein, Lucy Heyer, Gustav Richard Heyer,Heinz Hartmann, Wolfgang Heyer, Helene Hermann, Kurt Hildebrand, Else Jaffé, Fine von Kahler, Erich Kahler, Walter Kempner, Gräfin Leonie Keyserling (Baronin Ungern-Sternberg), Raymond Klibansky, Marianne Kassner, Ludwig Klages, C A Klein, Else Kuhner, Edith Landmann, Sabine Lepsius, Josef Liegle, Melchior Lechter, Ernst Morwitz, Thankmar von Münchhausen, Hans Oettinger, Emil Praetorius, Arthur Salz, Lothar Treuge, Berthold Vallentin, Karl and Hanna Wolfskehl, Walter Wenghöfer, Friedrich Wolters, Christianne Zimmer (Hofmannsthal);
Biographical papers including material on Gundolf's work as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Heidelberg, a list of his lectures and seminars, obituary notices and speeches, recollections of Gundolf by Marie-Louise Gothein, Anna Hinterreiter and Robert Oboussier, poems and humorous verses by or concerning Gundolf, and esays by Ernst Gundolf;
Varia: bibliographical material including copies of Gundolf's contributions to newspapers and learned periodicals, incomplete collection of offprints sent to Gundolf;
Elisabeth Gundolf: papers on Elisabeth Gundolf including letters of sympathy on the death of FG, 1931; translations of Rilke and Hölderlin (with J B Leishman), three chapters from Gundolf's Shakespeare: Wesen und Werk, translated by EG;
Press Cuttings; mainly reviews of Gundolf's publications, comments, obituaries and criticism, c 1902-1931;
Miscellaneous: Small collection of photographs of Gundolf, family and friends; galley proofs; Vistors Book; paintings and drawings by Ernst Gundolf;
Stefan George: copies of early correspondence between George and Gundolf, press cuttings on George, c 1902-1933;
Karl Wolfskehl: copies of correspondence with Karl and Hana Wolfskehl, occasional poems by Wolfskehl, copies of four letters from Karl and Hana Wolfskehl to Stefan George.

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Researchers should apply to consult material at least forty-eight hours in advance by letter, facsimile, e-mail or telephone. The Library staff need a name and contact number, a concise and clear idea of the nature of the enquiry and a date and time for consultation.

Photocopies may be made, although this is at the discretion of the Librarian and is dependent on the nature of the material.
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'First Report on the Gundolf Papers at the Institute of Germanic Languages and Literatures in the Univerity of London' by C V Bock, GLL, (1961), 16-20.

Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. May 2002 Aron , Erich , b 1857 , German scholar Bertram , Ernst , 1884-1957 , German scholar Curtius , Ernst Robert , 1886-1956 , German scholar Cysarz , Herbert , b 1896 , German scholar Dante Alighieri , 1265-1321 , Italian poet Deibel , Franz , 1879-1917 , German scholar Dostoyevsky , Fyodor , 1821-1881 , writer European history European literature Fraenkel , Eduard , 1888-1970 , German scholar Friedemann , Heinrich , b 1888 , German scholar Furtwängler , Wilhelm , 1886-1954 , composer and conductor x Furtwangler , Wilhelm George , Stefan Anton , 1868-1933 , writer German German history Germanic languages German literature Gothein , Marie Luise Schroeter , 1863-1931 , German scholar Grierson , Sir , Herbert John Clifford , 1866-1960 , Knight , English scholar Guardini , Romano , 1885-1968 , German scholar Gundolf , Ernst , 1882-1945 , writer and brother of Friedrich Gundolf Gundolf , Friedrich , 1880-1931 , German literary scholar and critic x Gundelfinger , Friedrich Leopold Hensel , Paul , 1860-1930 , German scholar History Holderlin , Friedrich , 1770-1843 , writer Indo-european languages Kahler , Erich , 1885-1970 , German scholar Klages , Ludwig , 1872-1956 , German scholar Klibansky , Raymond , b 1905 , philosopher Landmann , Edith Kalischer , 1877-1951 , German scholar Lechter , Melchior , 1865-1937 , German scholar Leishman , James Blair , 1920-1963 , Lecturer in English Literature Lepsius , Sabine , 1864-1942 , German scholar x Graef , Sabine Leyen , Friedrich , von der , 1873-1966 , German scholar x von der Leyen , Friedrich Liegle , Josef , 1893-1945 , German scholar Maync , Harry Wilhelm , 1874-1947 , German scholar Misch , Georg , 1878-1965 , German scholar Morwitz , Ernst , 1887-1971 , German scholar Muller , Johannes von , 1752-1809 , writer National history National literatures Petersen , Julius , 1878-1941 , German scholar Pulver , Max , 1889-1952 , German scholar Rilke , Rainer Maria , 1875-1926 , German poet Salz , Arthur , b 1881 , German scholar Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 , dramatist, poet and actor Treuge , Lothar , 1877-1920 , German scholar University of Heidelberg x Heidelberg University Vallentin , Berthold , 1877-1933 , German scholar Weber , Alfred , 1868-1958 , German scholar Wenghöfer , Walter , b 1877 , German scholar x Wenghofer , Walter Wolters , Friedrich , 1876-1930 , German scholar

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Gifted to the University of London by the administrators of the estate of Elizabeth Gundolf, 1960.

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Correspondence and papers of Friedrich Gundolf, 1902-1931, comprising:
Poems: manuscripts and typescripts of c 1100 poems by Gundolf, 1899-1931
Manuscripts: manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished books, lectures, and articles by Gundolf including lecture notes for Deutsche Literatur in der Reformationszeit, [c 1930], Deutsche Bildung von Luther bis Lessing, Deutsche Geistesgeschichte von Luther bis Nietzsche, Barok, a survey of German literature from Opitz to Lessing, 1923-1930; Klopstock; Frhromantik, and Deutsche Literatur im neunzehnten Jahrhundert; draft of biographical study of Johannes von Müller; unpublished short drafts on Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and others;
Letters from Gundolf: typed copies of letters by Gundolf, collected after his death by Elisabeth Gundolf, correspondents include Magda Bezner, Ernst Robert Curtius, Herbert Cysarz, Franz Dornsieff, Tilly Edinger, Eduard Fraenkel, Marie-Louise Gothein, Maria Geiger, Sir Herbert Grierson, Romano Guardini, Lucy and Wolfgang Heyer, Paul Hensel, Karl Jaspers, Gräfin Leonie Keyserling (Baronin Ungern-Sternberg), Julius Landmann, Sabine Lepsius, Friedrich von der Leyen, Georg Misch, Mabel MacInnes, Harry Maync, Emil Praetorius, Julius Petersen, Max Pulver, Herbert Steiner, Karl Vosler, Alfred Weber and Marianne and Max Weber;
Letters to Gundolf, mainly 1920-1931, c 930 correspondents including Erich Aron, Ernst Bertram, Bruno Arverardi, Ernst Robert Curtius, Franz Deibel, Tilly Edinger, Heinrich Friedemann, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ernst Gundolf, Jacob Geis, Maris Luise Gothein, Lucy Heyer, Gustav Richard Heyer,Heinz Hartmann, Wolfgang Heyer, Helene Hermann, Kurt Hildebrand, Else Jaffé, Fine von Kahler, Erich Kahler, Walter Kempner, Gräfin Leonie Keyserling (Baronin Ungern-Sternberg), Raymond Klibansky, Marianne Kassner, Ludwig Klages, C A Klein, Else Kuhner, Edith Landmann, Sabine Lepsius, Josef Liegle, Melchior Lechter, Ernst Morwitz, Thankmar von Münchhausen, Hans Oettinger, Emil Praetorius, Arthur Salz, Lothar Treuge, Berthold Vallentin, Karl and Hanna Wolfskehl, Walter Wenghöfer, Friedrich Wolters, Christianne Zimmer (Hofmannsthal);
Biographical papers including material on Gundolf's work as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Heidelberg, a list of his lectures and seminars, obituary notices and speeches, recollections of Gundolf by Marie-Louise Gothein, Anna Hinterreiter and Robert Oboussier, poems and humorous verses by or concerning Gundolf, and esays by Ernst Gundolf;
Varia: bibliographical material including copies of Gundolf's contributions to newspapers and learned periodicals, incomplete collection of offprints sent to Gundolf;
Elisabeth Gundolf: papers on Elisabeth Gundolf including letters of sympathy on the death of FG, 1931; translations of Rilke and Hölderlin (with J B Leishman), three chapters from Gundolf's Shakespeare: Wesen und Werk, translated by EG;
Press Cuttings; mainly reviews of Gundolf's publications, comments, obituaries and criticism, c 1902-1931;
Miscellaneous: Small collection of photographs of Gundolf, family and friends; galley proofs; Vistors Book; paintings and drawings by Ernst Gundolf;
Stefan George: copies of early correspondence between George and Gundolf, press cuttings on George, c 1902-1933;
Karl Wolfskehl: copies of correspondence with Karl and Hana Wolfskehl, occasional poems by Wolfskehl, copies of four letters from Karl and Hana Wolfskehl to Stefan George.

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Photocopies may be made, although this is at the discretion of the Librarian and is dependent on the nature of the material.

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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