literary historian university professor writer author poet
He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Jena, and in 1868 was appointed professor of the history of literature in the Königlich-Sächsischen Polytechnikum of Dresden.
His publications include the compilation Fünfzig Jahre deutscher Dichtung (1871). Two collections of essays, Aus dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert (1874), Geschichte der neuern Litteratur (seven volumes, 1882-1885). Grundriss der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte (fourth edition, 1906).
And editing of Hauff, Herder, and Körner, Senior
His literary works include: Gedichte (1860). Fourth edition, 1900).
Die Wiedertäufer (1866), stories. The novels Die letzten Humanisten (1880).
Camoëns (1887); and Die Ausgestossenen (1911), a fragment.
His selected works appeared in eight volumes (Leipzig, 1908). He died in Dresden.