Spaun, Anton Ritter von#
Spaun, Anton Ritter* von, b. Linz (Upper Austria), May 31, 1790, d. Kremsmuenster (Upper Austria), June 26, 1849, literary historian and folklorist. A main representative of Romanticism, established the scientific basis for folklore studies in Austria, belonged to the literary circle around E. von Feuchtersleben, A. Stifter and M. von Schwind; founder of the Museum of the Province of Upper Austria Francisco-Carolinum.
Works#
Heinrich v. Ofterdingen und das Nibelungenlied, 1840; Der gegenwaertige Stand der Forschung ueber den Dichter des Nibelungenliedes, 1842; Das oe. Volkslied, 1846. - Ed.: Oe. Volksweisen, 1845; Nibelungenklage, 1848.