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August von Platen-Hallermünde

December 14, 2023

Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 1796 – 5 December 1835) was a German poet and dramatist. In German he mostly is called Graf (Count) Platen.[2]

August von Platen-Hallermünde
Born(1796-10-24)24 October 1796
Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire
Died5 December 1835(1835-12-05) (aged 39)
Syracuse, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Resting placeMuseo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi[1]
Occupationpoet and dramatist
NationalityGerman

Biography edit

August von Platen was born on 24 October 1796 at Ansbach, the son of the Oberforstmeister (a senior public servant) of that state, Count Philipp August von Platen-Hallermünde, by second wife Baroness Christiane Eichler von Auriz. Shortly after his birth Ansbach and other Franconian principalities became incorporated with Bavaria. Platen entered the school of cadets (Kadettenhaus) in Munich, Bavaria, where he showed early poetic talent. In 1810 as an adolescent he passed into the royal school of pages (Königliche Pagerie).[3]

In 1814, Platen was appointed lieutenant in the regiment of Bavarian life-guards. With them he took part in the short campaign in France of 1815, being in bivouac for several months near Mannheim and in the department of the Yonne. He saw no fighting, however, and returned home with his regiment towards the close of the same year. Desiring to study, and finding garrison life distasteful, he obtained a long leave of absence, and after a tour in Switzerland and the Bavarian Alps, entered the University of Würzburg in 1818 as a student of philosophy and philology. In the following year Platen migrated to the university of Erlangen, where he sat at the feet of Schelling, and became one of his most enthusiastic admirers.[3]

As a result of his Oriental studies Platen published a little volume of poems—Ghaselen (1821), each consisting of ten to twenty verses, in which he imitates the style of Rückert; Lyrische Blätter (1821); Spiegel des Hafis (1822); Vermischte Schriften (1822); and Neue Ghaselen (1823). These attracted the attention of eminent men of letters among them Goethe, both by reason of their contents, which breathe the spirit of the East, and also of the purity and elegance of their form and diction.[4]

Though Platen was at first influenced by the school of Romanticism, and particularly by Spanish models, the plays written during his university life at Erlangen, Der gläserne Pantoffel, Der Schatz des Rhampsinit, Berengar, Treue um Treue, Der Turm mit sieben Pforten, show a clearness of plot and expression foreign to the Romantic style. His antagonism to the literature of his day became more and more pronounced, and he vented his indignation at the lack of art shown by the later Romanticists, the inanity of the lyricists, and the bad taste of the so-called fate tragedies (Schicksalstragödien), in the witty Aristophanic comedies Die verhängnißvolle Gabel (1826) and Der romantische Oedipus (1828).[5]

The want of interest, amounting even to hostility, with which Platen's enthusiasm for the purity and dignity of poetry was received in many literary circles in Germany increased the poet's indignation and disgust. In 1826, he visited Italy, which he henceforth made his home, living at Florence, Rome and Naples. His means were slender, but, though frequently necessitous, he felt happy in the life he had chosen, that of a "wandering rhapsodist".[5]

Offended by Heinrich Heine's mockery of "die Orientsucht"—the obsession with the Orient in poetry—in his work Reisebilder, zweiter Teil (1827), Platen expressed anti-Semitic sentiment directed at Heine in his work Der romantische Oedipus (1828). Heine reacted in turn by publicizing Platen's homosexuality in Reisebilder dritter Teil (1830). This back and forth of mockery and ad hominem attacks are also referred to as "die von Platen Affaire".[6]

 
Illustration for Die Abbassiden.
From Gesammelte Werke, dritter Band. 1853.

In Naples, where Platen formed the friendship of August Kopisch, the poet and painter, were written his last drama Die Liga von Cambrai (1833) and the delightful epic fairy-tale Die Abbassiden (1830; 1834), besides numerous lyrical poems, odes and ballads. He also essayed historical work in a fragment, Geschichte des Königreichs Neapel von 1414 bis 1443 (1838), without, however, achieving any marked success.[5]

In 1832, his father died, and after an absence of eight years Platen returned to Germany for a while, and in the winter of 1832–1833 lived at Munich, where he revised the first complete edition of his poems, Gedichte (1833).[5]

In the summer of 1834, Platen returned to Italy, and, after living in Florence and Naples, proceeded in 1835 to Sicily. Dread of the cholera, which was at that time very prevalent, induced him to move from place to place, and in November of that year he was taken ill at Syracuse, where he died on 5 December 1835.[5] He is buried in the non-Catholic cemetery of Syracuse.[7]

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "Like Heine himself, Platen failed in the drama, but his odes and sonnets, to which must be added his Polenlieder (1831), in which he gives vent to his warm sympathy for the Poles in their rising against the rule of the Tsar, are in language and metre so artistically finished as to rank among the best classical poems of modern times".[5] He gives his name to the Bavarian literary prize August-Graf-von-Platen-Preis.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ingo Schulze. Orangen und Engel. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-82700916-6
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 804.
  4. ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 804–805.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911, p. 805.
  6. ^ German Wikipedia: Platen-Affäre
  7. ^ "August Von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835) - Find..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

Bibliography edit

  • A. von Platen, Gesammelte Werke (i.e. Collected works) (1839).
  • A convenient edition is that edited by Karl Goedeke in Cotta's Bibliothek der Weltliteratur (4 vols., 1882).
  • A. von Platen, Platens Werke, ed. G.A. Wolff, D. Schweizer (1895)
  • A. von Platen, Tagebuch (1796–1825), published in its entirety by Georg von Laubmann and L. von Scheffler (2 vols., 1896–1900).
  • A. von Platen, Gedichte, ed. H. Henel (1968)
  • A. von Platen, Tagebücher, ed. R. Gorner (1990)
  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Platen-Hallermund, August, Graf von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 804–805.

Translations edit

  • A. von Platen, The Sonnets, tr. R. Bancroft (1923)
  • A. von Platen, Selected Poems, tr. E. Morgen (1978)
  • A. von Platen, Farbenstäubchen auf der Schwinge, tr. Translations of Dead German Poets (2013)

Further reading edit

  • J. Minckwitz, Graf Platen als Mensch und Dichter (1838)
  • P. Besson, Platen, étude biographique el littéraire (1894)
  • L. Frey, 'Aus dem Seelenleben des Grafen Platen', in Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen; 1 (1899), p. 159–214, and 6 (1904), p. 357–447
  • O. Greulich, Platens Literaturkomödien (1901)
  • A. Fries, Platen-Forschungen (1903)
  • R. Unger, Platen in seinem Verhältnis zu Goethe (1903)
  • X. Mayne [i.e. E. I. Prime Stevenson], 'The Life and Diary of a Uranian Poet August von Platen 1796–1835', in The Intersexes (1908; repr. 1975), p. 563–620
  • Thomas Mann, 'Platen', in Essays of Three Decades, tr. H. T. Lowe-Porter (n.d.) [essay written 1930]
  • P. Di Silvestro, August von Platen Morire a Siracusa (1987. Sellerio, Palermo)
  • R. Aldrich, The Seduction Of The Mediterranean Writing, art and homosexual fantasy (1993) pp. 57–68.

External links edit

  • Works by or about August von Platen-Hallermünde at Internet Archive
  • Works by August von Platen-Hallermünde at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)  

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Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen Hallermunde 24 October 1796 5 December 1835 was a German poet and dramatist In German he mostly is called Graf Count Platen 2 August von Platen HallermundeBorn 1796 10 24 24 October 1796Ansbach Holy Roman EmpireDied5 December 1835 1835 12 05 aged 39 Syracuse Sicily Kingdom of the Two SiciliesResting placeMuseo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi 1 Occupationpoet and dramatistNationalityGerman Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 Bibliography 4 Translations 5 Further reading 6 External linksBiography editAugust von Platen was born on 24 October 1796 at Ansbach the son of the Oberforstmeister a senior public servant of that state Count Philipp August von Platen Hallermunde by second wife Baroness Christiane Eichler von Auriz Shortly after his birth Ansbach and other Franconian principalities became incorporated with Bavaria Platen entered the school of cadets Kadettenhaus in Munich Bavaria where he showed early poetic talent In 1810 as an adolescent he passed into the royal school of pages Konigliche Pagerie 3 In 1814 Platen was appointed lieutenant in the regiment of Bavarian life guards With them he took part in the short campaign in France of 1815 being in bivouac for several months near Mannheim and in the department of the Yonne He saw no fighting however and returned home with his regiment towards the close of the same year Desiring to study and finding garrison life distasteful he obtained a long leave of absence and after a tour in Switzerland and the Bavarian Alps entered the University of Wurzburg in 1818 as a student of philosophy and philology In the following year Platen migrated to the university of Erlangen where he sat at the feet of Schelling and became one of his most enthusiastic admirers 3 As a result of his Oriental studies Platen published a little volume of poems Ghaselen 1821 each consisting of ten to twenty verses in which he imitates the style of Ruckert Lyrische Blatter 1821 Spiegel des Hafis 1822 Vermischte Schriften 1822 and Neue Ghaselen 1823 These attracted the attention of eminent men of letters among them Goethe both by reason of their contents which breathe the spirit of the East and also of the purity and elegance of their form and diction 4 Though Platen was at first influenced by the school of Romanticism and particularly by Spanish models the plays written during his university life at Erlangen Der glaserne Pantoffel Der Schatz des Rhampsinit Berengar Treue um Treue Der Turm mit sieben Pforten show a clearness of plot and expression foreign to the Romantic style His antagonism to the literature of his day became more and more pronounced and he vented his indignation at the lack of art shown by the later Romanticists the inanity of the lyricists and the bad taste of the so called fate tragedies Schicksalstragodien in the witty Aristophanic comedies Die verhangnissvolle Gabel 1826 and Der romantische Oedipus 1828 5 The want of interest amounting even to hostility with which Platen s enthusiasm for the purity and dignity of poetry was received in many literary circles in Germany increased the poet s indignation and disgust In 1826 he visited Italy which he henceforth made his home living at Florence Rome and Naples His means were slender but though frequently necessitous he felt happy in the life he had chosen that of a wandering rhapsodist 5 Offended by Heinrich Heine s mockery of die Orientsucht the obsession with the Orient in poetry in his work Reisebilder zweiter Teil 1827 Platen expressed anti Semitic sentiment directed at Heine in his work Der romantische Oedipus 1828 Heine reacted in turn by publicizing Platen s homosexuality in Reisebilder dritter Teil 1830 This back and forth of mockery and ad hominem attacks are also referred to as die von Platen Affaire 6 nbsp Illustration for Die Abbassiden From Gesammelte Werke dritter Band 1853 In Naples where Platen formed the friendship of August Kopisch the poet and painter were written his last drama Die Liga von Cambrai 1833 and the delightful epic fairy tale Die Abbassiden 1830 1834 besides numerous lyrical poems odes and ballads He also essayed historical work in a fragment Geschichte des Konigreichs Neapel von 1414 bis 1443 1838 without however achieving any marked success 5 In 1832 his father died and after an absence of eight years Platen returned to Germany for a while and in the winter of 1832 1833 lived at Munich where he revised the first complete edition of his poems Gedichte 1833 5 In the summer of 1834 Platen returned to Italy and after living in Florence and Naples proceeded in 1835 to Sicily Dread of the cholera which was at that time very prevalent induced him to move from place to place and in November of that year he was taken ill at Syracuse where he died on 5 December 1835 5 He is buried in the non Catholic cemetery of Syracuse 7 According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition Like Heine himself Platen failed in the drama but his odes and sonnets to which must be added his Polenlieder 1831 in which he gives vent to his warm sympathy for the Poles in their rising against the rule of the Tsar are in language and metre so artistically finished as to rank among the best classical poems of modern times 5 He gives his name to the Bavarian literary prize August Graf von Platen Preis Notes edit Ingo Schulze Orangen und Engel Berlin Verlag Berlin 2010 ISBN 978 3 82700916 6 Regarding personal names Graf was a title before 1919 but now is regarded as part of the surname It is translated as Count Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class titles preceded the full name when given Graf Helmuth James von Moltke Since 1919 these titles along with any nobiliary prefix von zu etc can be used but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname and thus come after any given names Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting The feminine form is Grafin a b Chisholm 1911 p 804 Chisholm 1911 pp 804 805 a b c d e f Chisholm 1911 p 805 German Wikipedia Platen Affare August Von Platen Hallermunde 1796 1835 Find www findagrave com Retrieved 2021 11 22 Bibliography editA von Platen Gesammelte Werke i e Collected works 1839 A convenient edition is that edited by Karl Goedeke in Cotta s Bibliothek der Weltliteratur 4 vols 1882 A von Platen Platens Werke ed G A Wolff D Schweizer 1895 A von Platen Tagebuch 1796 1825 published in its entirety by Georg von Laubmann and L von Scheffler 2 vols 1896 1900 A von Platen Gedichte ed H Henel 1968 A von Platen Tagebucher ed R Gorner 1990 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Platen Hallermund August Graf von Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 21 11th ed Cambridge University Press pp 804 805 Translations editA von Platen The Sonnets tr R Bancroft 1923 A von Platen Selected Poems tr E Morgen 1978 A von Platen Farbenstaubchen auf der Schwinge tr Translations of Dead German Poets 2013 Further reading editJ Minckwitz Graf Platen als Mensch und Dichter 1838 P Besson Platen etude biographique el litteraire 1894 L Frey Aus dem Seelenleben des Grafen Platen in Jahrbuch fur sexuelle Zwischenstufen 1 1899 p 159 214 and 6 1904 p 357 447 O Greulich Platens Literaturkomodien 1901 A Fries Platen Forschungen 1903 R Unger Platen in seinem Verhaltnis zu Goethe 1903 X Mayne i e E I Prime Stevenson The Life and Diary of a Uranian Poet August von Platen 1796 1835 in The Intersexes 1908 repr 1975 p 563 620 Thomas Mann Platen in Essays of Three Decades tr H T Lowe Porter n d essay written 1930 P Di Silvestro August von Platen Morire a Siracusa 1987 Sellerio Palermo R Aldrich The Seduction Of The Mediterranean Writing art and homosexual fantasy 1993 pp 57 68 External links editWorks by or about August von Platen Hallermunde at Internet Archive Works by August von Platen Hallermunde at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Retrieved from https en 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