Author:Johann August Apel

Johann August Apel
(1771–1816)

Johann August Apel

Works

Novels

• Polyidos (1805)
• Die Aitolier (1806)
• Kalliroe (1806)
• Kunz von Kaufungen (1809)
• Zeitlosen (1817)
• Das Weltgericht (1823)
• Der Freischütz (1824)

Collections

• Cicaden (1810–1811)
• Gespensterbuch (1810–1815) edited with Friedrich August Schulze
• Wunderbuch (1815–1818) edited with Friedrich August Schulze and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Short works

• "Requiem" (1802) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Simonides" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Charade" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Pater Anselmo's peinliche Klage" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Vergißmeinnicht" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die ferne Braut" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die Versuchung" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Sonnet" (1804) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die Bilder der Ahnen" (1805) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
  • Translated as "The Family Portraits" by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson from the French ("Portraits de Famille" translated by Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès)
• "Sankt Johannes und seine Katze" (1805) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Liebchens Untreu" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Verlust" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Butes" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Palingensie" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Bitte" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die Nacht" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Hellas' letzte Gabe" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Trost" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Skolien" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Vergänglichkeit" (1806) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Liebesbitte" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Mein Wunsch" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Oleg" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Grabschrift" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Brautring" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Trauring" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Die erste Geliebte" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Justiz" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Themis" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Schön und Romantisch" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Amor" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Des Göttlichen Loos" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Frühlingssturm" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Der Flatterer" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Untreu" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Der moderne Timon" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Rheinwein" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Champagner" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 1
• "Konstanzia" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Charade" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Liebesproben, od. die dankbaren Thiere" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Buchstaben-Allegorie" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die Blinden" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Amt" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Serenate" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Abschied" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "An Lila" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Rath" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Sehnsucht" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Olenos und Lethäa" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Attila und die Azimunter" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Die Wahrsagerinn" (1807) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Bischof" (1808) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Devisen" (1809) collected in Cicaden vol. 2
• "Der Freischütz" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 1
  • Translated as "The Fatal Marksman" by Thomas De Quincey
  • Translated as "Der Freischütz; or, The Magic Balls" by George Henry Borrow (external scan)
  • Translated as The Original Legend of Der Freischütz, or the Free Shot anonymously
  • Translated as "Der Freischutz; or, The Seven Charmed Bullets" anonymously (variant of the De Quincey translation) (external scan)
• "Die Bräutigamsvorschau" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 2
• "Die schwarze Kammer" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 2
• "Der Brautschmuck" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 2
• "Kleine Sagen und Märchen" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 2
• "Klara Montgomery" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 3
• "Das Geisterschloß" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 3
• "Der Geisterruf" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 3
• "Der Todtentanz" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 3
  • Translated as "The Dance of the Dead" by J. G—ns
  • Translated as "The Dance of the Dead!" anonymously (variant of the above translation) (external scan)
• "Zwei Neujahrsnächte" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 4
• "Zauberliebe" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 4
• "Die Ruine von Paulinzell" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 5
• "Die Schuhe auf den Stangen" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 5
• "Das silberne Fräulein" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 5
• "The Boarwolf" (attributed to Apel, but the German original has not been identified)
  • Translated as "The Boarwolf" by Robert Pearse Gillies
  • Translated as "The Demon's Victim" anonymously (variant of the above translation) (external scan)

Translations

• "La Princesse Rosette", translated as "König Pfau" collected in Das Gespensterbuch vol. 1 (1811)

Non-fiction

• Metrik (1814–1816)