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Otto Jahn und Adolf Michaelis – Briefwechsel 1848 bis 1869
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German
Published/Copyright:
2017
About this book
Otto Jahn and Adolf Michels corresponded regularly between 1848 and 1869. The letters portray the developing academic career of Adolf Michaelis, who later became a professor of archeology. His career illustrates the growth of the discipline, and reflects the social and political conditions that prevailed in Germany and Europe during this period. The complete letters are published here for the first time with commentary.
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Luise M. Errington, Marburg.
Reviews
"The present edition is a monumental achievement: it is very carefully produced (with next to no misprints in 857 pages!), with an informative introduction to the letters and the writers (pp. 1–19), a chronological overview on their lives and a chronological list of the letters (pp. 29–39). A very great asset are the seven different indices (pp. 795–856) on a variety of subjects mentioned in the letters: people, geographical names, modern literature, PhD theses of various younger scholars, ancient authors and editions of their works, ancient sculpture and architecture, ancient vases, persons and subjects from musicology and finally key words. These make the huge volume easily accessible to readers with a variety of specialized interests. [...] All in all, this edition of letters offers much more than just a contribution to the history of scholarship: we get here a whole overview of an epoch, with academia, culture, politics, different countries and many different places viewed and described through the eyes of two highly cultivated and educated chroniclers whose personal involvement makes it all the more entertaining. It is—apart from its value to classics—simply a pleasure to read."
Balbina Bäbler in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.09.37
Balbina Bäbler in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.09.37
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Hardcover published on:
August 21, 2017
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110544015
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
9
Main content:
863
Illustrations:
6
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110544015
Keywords for this book
Jahn; Otto; Michaelis; Adolf; Germany; 1848–1869; classical studies/ancient history
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in Near Eastern archeology, architectural research, Hittitology, and archeozoology
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