Die Gesellschaft

Die Gesellschaft (German: Society) was a magazine which was published in German Empire between 1885 and 1902. It billed itself as the "organ of contemporary literary youth".[1] It is known for its strong support for naturalism and its founder and editor Michael Georg Conrad.

Die Gesellschaft
Cover page dated January 1885
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Frequency
  • Monthly
  • Weekly
PublisherFriedrich Verlag
FounderMichael Georg Conrad
Founded1885
Final issue
Number		1902
18
CountryGerman Empire
Based in
LanguageGerman

History and profile

Die Gesellschaft was established by Michael Georg Conrad in Munich in 1885.[1][2] Conrad and Karl Bleibtreu edited the magazine until its closure in 1902.[3][4] The magazine came out weekly between its start in 1885 and 1891.[5] Then it was published on a monthly basis.[5] The first two volumes of the magazine were published by Conrad.[2] From 1887 its publisher became the Leipzig-based Friedrich Verlag which was owned by Wilhelm Friedrich.[2][6] Die Gesellschaft ceased publication in 1902 after producing 18 issues.[5]

Content and contributors

Die Gesellschaft featured articles on naturalism, literature, art and public life.[3] One of its contributors was the German Georgist Michael Flürscheim who wrote about the program of the Land League.[1] Another one was Anna Croissant-Rust who published short fictional proses employing a naturalist literary approach.[7] Alfred Schuler was also among the contributors of the magazine.[7]

References
  1. Michael Silagi; Susan N. Faulkner (January 1993). "Henry George and Europe: Early Efforts to Organize Germany's Land Reformers Failed, but the Pioneers Won a National Demonstration". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 52 (1): 120. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02753.x.
  2. Jan Behrs (2020). "Manufacturing Modernism: M. G. Conrad's Die Gesellschaftas a Model of Editorial Practice". In Vance Byrd; Ervin Malakaj (eds.). Market Strategies and German Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century. Vol. 26. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 195–218. doi:10.1515/9783110660142-009. ISBN 978-3-11-065710-4. S2CID 212797028.
  3. "Conrad, Michael Georg" (in German). Deutsche Biographie.
  4. Vernon L. Lidtke (February 1974). "Naturalism and Socialism in Germany". The American Historical Review. 79 (1): 22. doi:10.2307/1868314. JSTOR 1868314.
  5. "Die Gesellschaft" (in German). Litaratur Portal Bayern. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. Gary D. Stark (September 1985). "The Censorship of Literary Naturalism, 1885-1895: Prussia and Saxony". Central European History. 18 (3–4): 333. doi:10.1017/S0008938900017362. S2CID 145534757.
  7. Paul Bishop (1999). "Alfred Schuler's Reception of Henrik Ibsen". Oxford German Studies. 28 (1): 163, 179. doi:10.1179/ogs.1999.28.1.152.
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