Adolf Bartels

Adolf Bartels (15 November 1862—7 March 1945) was a German journalist and poet. Known for his "völkisch" worldview, he has been seen as a harbinger of National Socialist anti-Semitism.Fact|date=February 2007

Bartels was born at Wesselburen, in Holstein, and educated at Leipzig and Berlin.

Works

Poetic and dramatic works

* "Gedichte (1889)
* "Dichterleben" (1890)
* "Aus der meerumschlungenen Heimat" (1895)
* "Der dumme Teufel", a mock epic (1896)
* "Martin Luther", a trilogy (1903)

Criticism and literary history

* "Friedrich Gessler" (1892)
* "Die deutsche Dichtubg der Gegenwart" (1897)
* "Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur" (two volumes, 1901-02)
* "Adolf Stern" (1905)
* "Heinrich Heine" (1906)
* "Gerhart Hauptmann" (1906)
* "Deutscher Litteratur Einsichten und Aussichten" (1907)
* "Deutsches Schrifttum" (1911)

Bibliography

* Fuller, Steven Nyole. "Nazis' Literary Grandfather: Adolf Bartels and Cultural Extremism, 1871-1945", Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1996 (ISBN 0-8204-2329-7).
* Rees, Philip. "Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890", 1991, (ISBN 0-13-089301-3).