Sketches from my boyhood
by Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian
The Swabian German Romantic poet, medical doctor, scientist, and investigator of parapsychological phenomena Justinus Kerner (1786-1862) has long been celebrated as one of the leading intellectuals of his time. His renowned study of a local clairvoyant, Die Seherin von Prevorst [The Seeress of Prevorst] (1829), was translated into English as early as 1845 by the English writer, Catherine Crowe. Encouraged by the Romantic interest in childhood, Kerner in later life wrote a book of youthful remin…
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- Full title :Sketches from my boyhood / by Justinus Kerner ; translated from the German with an introduction by Harold B. Segel.
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The Swabian German Romantic poet, medical doctor, scientist, and investigator of parapsychological phenomena Justinus Kerner (1786-1862) has long been celebrated as one of the leading intellectuals of his time. His renowned study of a local clairvoyant, Die Seherin von Prevorst [The Seeress of Prevorst] (1829), was translated into English as early as 1845 by the English writer, Catherine Crowe. Encouraged by the Romantic interest in childhood, Kerner in later life wrote a book of youthful reminiscences under the title Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit [Sketches from My Boyhood] (1849). Inspired.
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- Publication Date:©20
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©20
Notes
First English translation of Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, 1849.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 179 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781443883344, 1443883344
- oclc:ocn924631869
- LC Classification:PT2376.K3
- Dewey Decimal:838.803
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