Berthold Litzmann

German professor of German studies and literature historian

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Berthold Litzmann (18 April 1857 – 14 October 1926) was a professor of German studies and a literature historian. He was a professor at the University of Bonn and the founder of the Society for Literature History, which also included Thomas Mann.^[1][2][3]

He is known as the author of a three part biography of Clara Schumann.^[4]

Litzmann was born in Kiel, the son of Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann.^[4] He died in Munich.

Works

• Clara Schumann. Ein Künstlerleben. Nach Tagebüchern und Briefen. 3 Volumes. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1920.^[5]
• Ludwig Schröder. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Litteratur- und Theatergeschichte. 2 Parts. Voß, Hamburg/Leipzig 1890–1894.
• Goethes Faust. Eine Einführung. Fleischel, Berlin 1904.^[6]
• Das Tragische in Gerhart Hauptmanns Dramen (= Mitteilungen der Literarhistorischen Gesellschaft Bonn. Jg. 3 Nr. 6, 1908). Ruhfus, Dortmund 1908.

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