August Apel, Cicaden (twelve poems and a short story), Heilbronn , 1823
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of books, manuscript letters, printed articles, meteorites, images and plates.
Dates
- Other: 1823
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 boxes
Language of Materials
English
General
Johann August Apel was a short story writer who Chladni met at the university in Wittenberg. Later he was a guest at Apel’s home in Leipzig in 1815. Apel’s story “Der Freischütz” was the basis of the Carl Maria von Weber opera of 1821. In a French translation it also inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Repository Details
Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository