Jean Paul : a reader

392 Pages·1992·7.63 MB·English

by  Jean Paul

J e a n
P a u l
A Reader
E dited by Tim othy J . Casey
T ranslations by E rika Casey

J E A N PA U L

A READER
,
Edited with an introductory essay and
,
commentary by Timothy J . Casey
Translations by Erika Casey
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore and London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jean Paul, 1763-1825.
[Selections. English. 1992]
Jean Paul : a reader / edited, with an introductory essay and
commentary, by Timothy J. Casey ; translations by Erika Casey,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8018-4153-4.- ISBN 0-8018-4154-2 (pbk.)
1. Jean Paul, 1763-1825 — Translations into English. I. Casey, Timothy
Joseph, 1927- . II. Title.
PT2455.A13C37 1992
838'.609 — dc20 90-25478
For Margaret, Markus, Timothy, and Brigitte

Contents
Preface xi
PART ONE CO M M EN TARY
Introduction 3
Life and Works 8
The Invisible Lodge 11 Preschool of Aesthetics 30
Hesperus 15 Levana 31
Quintus Fixlein 18 Schmelzle and Dr. Katzenberger
Siebenkds 19 Life of Fibel 3 7
Titan 22 The Comet 39
Fledgling Years 27
Narrative Practice 43
Philosophy and Politics 57
Inwardnesses 69
Contents
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PART TWO T E X T S
The Invisible Lodge (1793) *
Introduction 81
Life of the Merry Master kin Maria Watz in Auenthal:
A Kind of Idyll 83
Hesperus; or; 45 Dog Post Days (1795)
Introduction 115
On the Desert and the Promised Land of the Human Race 116
Quintas Fixlein (1796)
Introduction 120
History of My Preface to the Second Edition of Quintas Fixlein 122
Life of Quintus Fixlein unto the Present Time Extracted from
Fifteen Slipboxes 142
Outing of Headmaster Florian Fdlbel and His Primaner to
Mount Fichtel 15 3
Siebenkds (1796)
Introduction 158
Flower- , Fruit- , and Thompieces; or, the Married Life, Death, and Wed­
ding of Advocate of the Poor F. St. Siebenkds 161
The Vale of Campan (1797)
Introduction 184
The Vale of Campan; or, on the Immortality of the Soul, together with an
Explanation of the Woodcuts under the 10 Commandments of the
Catechism 185
Palingeneses (1798); Jean PauTs Letters (1799)
Introduction 193
Palingeneses 196
Jean Paul's Letters and Biography to Be 197
Titan (1800-1803)
Introduction 203