Christian Hoffman, Aus Erlesene Gedichder Nebstselbst Geistliche Gedichder commonplace book of poetry, 1857

Summary

Creator:

Hoffman, Christian

Abstract:

Christian Hoffman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky, compiled this 201-page book of poetry, largely in the German language, with eight poems in English. Hoffman's selections include poems or poem fragments by Henry Kirke White, Lord Byron, Agnes Franz, Friedrich Rückert, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Friedrich von Sallet, August Henrich Hoffmann, and others. Christian Hoffmann apparently included several original spiritual poems, such as "Des Kinder schwingender Geist" (pages 18-24) and "Die Absched des Prindes Gottes" (pages 169-170). Several blackletter script titles, decorative initials, and illustrations are present. The three illustrations include an urn with flowers (page 69), an angel with a harp (page 168), and a vignette of three maidens holding a banner with the words "O laube", "Liebe und" and "Hoffman" (page 76).

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English
German

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Cheney J. Schopieray, May 2022

Background

Scope and Content:

Christian Hoffman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky, compiled this 201-page book of poetry, largely in the German language, with eight poems in English. Hoffman's selections include poems or poem fragments by Henry Kirke White, Lord Byron, Agnes Franz, Friedrich Rückert, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Friedrich von Sallet, August Henrich Hoffmann, and others. Christian Hoffmann apparently included several original spiritual poems, such as "Des Kinder schwingender Geist" (pages 18-24) and "Die Absched des Prindes Gottes" (pages 169-170). Several blackletter script titles, decorative initials, and illustrations are present. The three illustrations include an urn with flowers (page 69), an angel with a harp (page 168), and a vignette of three maidens holding a banner with the words "O laube", "Liebe und" and "Hoffman" (page 76).

Biographical / Historical:

The William L. Clements Library currently has no information about Christian Hoffman, save that he kept this volume at Cincinnati, Ohio, and across the Ohio River at Newport, Kentucky. We are currently uncertain as to whether Hoffman was a German American or a German visitor.

Acquisition Information:

2022. M-7052 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

German poetry--19th century.
Germans--United States.
Poetry, Modern--19th century.
Religious poetry.
Angels.
Flowers.
Women.

Formats:

Commonplace books.
Poems.