Minerva (German magazine)

Minerva was a history and political magazine founded and edited by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz.[1][2] Its full title was Minerva: Ein Journal historischen und politischen Inhalts.[1][3] The magazine was among the most significant history and political magazines published in the 1790s.[4]

The first two volumes were published in Berlin by J.T. Unger in 1792.[5] However, its headquarters was in Hamburg.[3] Minerva was widely read, including by such people as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and Hegel.[6] Friedrich Klopstock was one of the contributors,[1] as was Ernst Raupach, who published "Laßt die Todten ruhen", one of the earliest vampire stories, in Minerva.[7] The magazine had a liberal stance. It ceased publication in 1858.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Archenhol(t)z, Johann Wilhelm von (eigentlich Johann Daniel)". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ Karen Hagemann (30 March 2015). Revisiting Prussia's Wars against Napoleon. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-521-19013-8. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase; Ursula Lehmkuhl (1997). Enemy Images in American History. Berghahn Books. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-57181-031-1. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ Joseph Canning; Hermann Wellenreuther (1 January 2001). Britain and Germany Compared: Nationality, Society and Nobility in the Eighteenth Century. Wallstein Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89244-444-2. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ Minerva. Ein journal historischen und politischen inhalts Retrieved 28 June 2012
  6. ^ A. Susan Buck-Morss (2009), Hegel Haiti and Universal History (1st ed.), Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press
  7. ^ Crawford, Heide (2016). The Origins of the Literary Vampire. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 87–96. ISBN 978-1-4422-6675-9.