Literatur für junge Leser im Verlag von Eduard Trewendt in Breslau (1845–1903). Ein forschungsgeschichtlicher Überblick

Literature for young readers in Eduard Trewendt’s publishing house in Breslau (1845–1903). Research-historic essay The article presents children and youth literature review which was published in the second half of 19th century in German publishing house of Eduard Trewendt in Breslau, especially in Trewendt‘s Jugendbibliothek series. The series consisted of 132 titles, was a great commercial success and secured for the publishing house monopoly position in Silesia. The books for children and youth offered to the readers entertainment, knowledge, shape personalities and moral values system. The authors included famous German writers e. g.: Franz Hoffmann, Karl Müller and Hedwig Prohl who wrote stories for girls. Trewendt also published German translations of well-read foreign authors e. g. Charles Dickens series. The publishing house also offered wide range of course books and other products for school children to facilitate learning process. Some of them reached all German speakers and were renewed many times.