Mörike - Eduard Mörike

German poet. Born in Ludwigsburg. After attending the Urach monastic school, he studied at the theological school of the University of Tübingen from 1822 to 1826. He gained friendships with Weiplinger, his "Peregrina" experience with the mystic wanderer Maria Mayer (his love affair with her during his time at Tübingen University is sung of as a bitter experience in the "Peregrina Psalms"), and theologian D. F. Strauss and aesthetician F. T. Fischer. He traveled around various villages as a substitute pastor for several years, and in 1834 became pastor of the village of Krefels-Sulzbach. By the time he retired on a pension in 1843, he had published "Poems" (1838) and had already made his name as a writer with his novel "Norten the Painter" (1832), which was the culmination of his youth. In 1844, he married Margarete von Späth in Mergentheim and had two daughters, but they separated in 1873. In 1866, he left Stuttgart and lived in the countryside. His folk-song-style simple, elegant, humorous lyric poetry became a clear spring of modern poetry, and his classical verse form, which respects moderation and a sense of form, shows a neoclassical harmony. He is widely known for his works such as "Idyll on Lake Constance" (1846), the children's story "The Dwarf of Stuttgart" (1853), and the masterpiece of German artist novels, "Mozart on a Traveling Day" (1856), which are highly regarded internationally.

[Kenzo Miyashita]

"World Literature Series 79: Mörike Keller" (1964, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "Mozart on Travel Days" (Iwanami Bunko) translated by Miyashita Kenzo" ▽ "Miyashita Kenzo, Study on Mörike" (1981, Nanzando)

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ドイツの詩人。ルートウィヒスブルク生まれ。ウーラッハ僧院学校を経て1822～26年チュービンゲン大学神学寮で学んだ。バイプリンガー（ヴァイプリンガー）との友情、神秘的な放浪女マリア・マイアーとの「ペレグリーナ」体験（チュービンゲン大学時代、彼女との恋愛は『ペレグリーナ詩編』に苦い経験として歌われている）、神学者D・F・シュトラウスや美学者F・T・フィッシャーとの友情を得、数年間代牧師で諸村を遍歴、34年クレーフェルズルツバハ村の牧師となった。43年恩給付き退職をするまでに、『詩集』（1838）を刊行し、すでに青春の総決算である小説『画家ノルテン』（1832）で文名を得ていた。44年メルゲントハイムでマルガレーテ・フォン・シュペートと結婚し二女を得たが、73年別居した。66年からシュトゥットガルトを離れ田舎(いなか)に住んだ。民謡調の素朴で高雅な、ユーモアのある叙情詩は近代詩の清冽(せいれつ)な泉となり、節度と形式感覚を尊ぶ古典的詩形によって新古典主義的調和をみせている。『ボーデン湖畔の牧歌』（1846）、童話『シュトゥットガルトの侏儒(こびと)』（1853）のほか、ドイツ芸術家小説の珠玉の作品『旅の日のモーツァルト』（1856）で広く親しまれており、国際的な評価も高い。

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『『世界文学大系79　メーリケ・ケラー篇』（1964・筑摩書房）』▽『宮下健三訳『旅の日のモーツァルト』（岩波文庫）』▽『宮下健三著『メーリケ研究』（1981・南江堂）』

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