J e a n P a u l A Reader E dited by Tim othy J . Casey T ranslations by E rika Casey J E A N PA U L A READER , Edited with an introductory essay and , commentary by Timothy J . Casey Translations by Erika Casey The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London © 1992 The Johns Hopkins University Press Ail rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The Johns Hopkins University Press 701 West 40th Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21211-2190 The Johns Hopkins Press Ltd., London (oo) The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jean Paul, 1763-1825. [Selections. English. 1992] Jean Paul : a reader / edited, with an introductory essay and commentary, by Timothy J. Casey ; translations by Erika Casey, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8018-4153-4.- ISBN 0-8018-4154-2 (pbk.) 1. Jean Paul, 1763-1825 — Translations into English. I. Casey, Timothy Joseph, 1927- . II. Title. PT2455.A13C37 1992 838'.609 — dc20 90-25478 For Margaret, Markus, Timothy, and Brigitte Contents Preface xi PART ONE CO M M EN TARY Introduction 3 Life and Works 8 The Invisible Lodge 11 Preschool of Aesthetics 30 Hesperus 15 Levana 31 Quintus Fixlein 18 Schmelzle and Dr. Katzenberger Siebenkds 19 Life of Fibel 3 7 Titan 22 The Comet 39 Fledgling Years 27 Narrative Practice 43 Philosophy and Politics 57 Inwardnesses 69 Contents Vlll PART TWO T E X T S The Invisible Lodge (1793) * Introduction 81 Life of the Merry Master kin Maria Watz in Auenthal: A Kind of Idyll 83 Hesperus; or; 45 Dog Post Days (1795) Introduction 115 On the Desert and the Promised Land of the Human Race 116 Quintas Fixlein (1796) Introduction 120 History of My Preface to the Second Edition of Quintas Fixlein 122 Life of Quintus Fixlein unto the Present Time Extracted from Fifteen Slipboxes 142 Outing of Headmaster Florian Fdlbel and His Primaner to Mount Fichtel 15 3 Siebenkds (1796) Introduction 158 Flower- , Fruit- , and Thompieces; or, the Married Life, Death, and Wed ding of Advocate of the Poor F. St. Siebenkds 161 The Vale of Campan (1797) Introduction 184 The Vale of Campan; or, on the Immortality of the Soul, together with an Explanation of the Woodcuts under the 10 Commandments of the Catechism 185 Palingeneses (1798); Jean PauTs Letters (1799) Introduction 193 Palingeneses 196 Jean Paul's Letters and Biography to Be 197 Titan (1800-1803) Introduction 203