John Hibberd
Biographic Data
| ID | 5777572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Hibberd |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Hibberd |
| SIGNATURE | HIBBERD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kleist's Berliner Abendblätter and the Peninsular War
Kleist's reports on the Peninisular War in the Berliner Abendblätter began dramatically with news of the battle of Busaco which threw doubt on the truthfulness of the French press and gave hope that the Napoleonic armies were not invincible. Thereafter censorship ensured that his items on Spain and Portugal would not arouse French anger, and they have invariably been dismissed as uninteresting. But in early 1811, when his paper had all but been k…
Heinrich Von Kleist’s Report On Heligoland
A principal interest of Heinrich von Kleist’s ‘Geographische Nachricht von der Insel Helgoland’, published in his Berliner Abendblätter of 4 December 1810, lies in its unstated relevance to the dilemma of Prussia as Napoleon intensified his economic war with Britain to the distress of his vassals and allies. Under conditions of censorship Kleist relays data on Heligoland which he claims are authenticated, but are selective, not entirely accurate,…
Wedekind and Lassalle
Salomon Gessner
At a time when German was generally despised as a barbaric tongue, Salomon Gessner was hailed in Europe as a poet of universal significance. Yet today he is scarcely known. John Hibberd sets the writer in context, traces the story of his impact, and stresses his significance as a key to the taste of his age. He finds the reasons for Gessner's remarkable success in his appeal to the feeling for nature and natural simplicity nascent in the mid-eigh…
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Salomon Gessner
At a time when German was generally despised as a barbaric tongue, Salomon Gessner was hailed in Europe as a poet of universal significance. Yet today he is scarcely known. John Hibberd sets the writer in context, traces the story of his impact, and stresses his significance as a key to the taste of his age. He finds the reasons for Gessner's remarkable success in his appeal to the feeling for nature and natural simplicity nascent in the mid-eigh…
Wedekind and Lassalle
Heinrich Von Kleist’s Report On Heligoland
A principal interest of Heinrich von Kleist’s ‘Geographische Nachricht von der Insel Helgoland’, published in his Berliner Abendblätter of 4 December 1810, lies in its unstated relevance to the dilemma of Prussia as Napoleon intensified his economic war with Britain to the distress of his vassals and allies. Under conditions of censorship Kleist relays data on Heligoland which he claims are authenticated, but are selective, not entirely accurate,…
Kleist's Berliner Abendblätter and the Peninsular War
Kleist's reports on the Peninisular War in the Berliner Abendblätter began dramatically with news of the battle of Busaco which threw doubt on the truthfulness of the French press and gave hope that the Napoleonic armies were not invincible. Thereafter censorship ensured that his items on Spain and Portugal would not arouse French anger, and they have invariably been dismissed as uninteresting. But in early 1811, when his paper had all but been k…
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