Sketches from my boyhood /

Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian, 1786-1862,

Sketches from my boyhood / by Justinus Kerner ; translated from the German with an introduction by Harold B. Segel. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 179 pages)

First English translation of Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, 1849.

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.


In English; translated from the German.

9781443883344 1443883344


Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian, 1786-1862 --Childhood and youth.
Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian, 1786-1862.
Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian, 1786-1862


1800-1899


Authors, German--19th century--Biography.
Physicians.
Literature.
Literature, Modern.
Physicians
Literature
History, 19th Century
Adolescent
Écrivains allemands--19e siècle--Biographies.
Médecins.
Littérature.
Médecine--Histoire--19e siècle.
physicians.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
Physicians
Literature, Modern
Literature
Childhood and youth of a person
Authors, German
Germanic Literature.
Languages & Literatures.


Autobiography.
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.

PT2376.K3 / Z46 2015

838.803

2016 B-768 WZ 100

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