Karl Friedrich Kahlert

Karl Friedrich Kahlert (25 September 1765 – 8 September 1813) also known by the pen names Lawrence Flammenberg or Lorenz Flammenberg and Bernhard Stein^[1] was a German author of gothic fiction. He is best known for The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest, an English translation by Peter Teuthold of his Der Geisterbanner: Eine Wundergeschichte aus mündlichen und schriftlichen Traditionen, which is one of the seven 'horrid novels' referenced by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey.^[2] Through this work, he was a major influence on gothic literature in England, including Matthew Lewis's The Monk.

^ "ola2002158939 Flammenberg, Lorenz, 1765-1813". Czech National Authority Database.
^ Murnane, Barry (2010). "Uncanny translations, uncanny productivity: Walpole, Schiller, and Kahlert". In Stockhorst, Stefanie (ed.). Cultural Transfer Through Translation: The Circulation of Enlightened Thought in Europe by Means of Translation. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 142–146. ISBN 978-90-420-2950-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[:4-1] "ola2002158939 Flammenberg, Lorenz, 1765-1813". Czech National Authority Database.

[2] Murnane, Barry (2010). "Uncanny translations, uncanny productivity: Walpole, Schiller, and Kahlert". In Stockhorst, Stefanie (ed.). Cultural Transfer Through Translation: The Circulation of Enlightened Thought in Europe by Means of Translation. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 142–146. ISBN 978-90-420-2950-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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