Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise
| Author | Jean Paul |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Mohr und Zimmer |
Publication date | 1809 |
| Publication place | Baden |
Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise (lit. 'Dr. Katzenberger's Bathing Trip') is a novel by the German writer Jean Paul. It takes place in the spa town of Bad Maulbronn and follows the intrigues of a professor who goes there to confront a physician who has given his books negative reviews, the professor's daughter, a poet who travels with them and is attracted to the daughter, and a young Prussian military writer who becomes the poet's rival.[1][2][3]
The novel was written in 1807–1808 and first published by Mohr und Zimmer in Heidelberg in 1809, but only became popular with a revised and expanded version published in Breslau in 1822.[4]
It was the basis for the 1978 television film Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise directed by Gerd Winkler for ZDF.[5]
References
- ^ Wieland, Magnus (2011). "Gestörter Organismus: Jean Pauls Ästhetik der Abweichung in der Erzählung Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise". New German Review (in German). 24 (1). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ Japp, Uwe (2001). "Die narrative Instanz des Humoristen in Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise". In Pfotenhauer, H. (ed.). Jahrbuch der Jean-Paul-Gesellschaft (in German). Weimar, Stuttgart: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger. pp. 293–304. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-02794-8_17.
- ^ Kita-Huber, Jadwiga (2019). "Der (un)menschliche Wissenschaftler. Jean Pauls "Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise" (1809) und die Frage nach dem Menschen". Studia Germanica Gedanensia (in German). 40: 207–217. doi:10.26881/sgg.2019.40.17.
- ^ Luckscheiter, Roman (2020). "Jean Paul: Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise". In Arnold, H.L. (ed.). Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_6975-1.
- ^ "Jean Paul: Dr. Katzenbergers Badereise". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2025.