page_title: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan
section_title: Publications
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan / Publications
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Unterschrift des Schriftstellers und Politikers C.F. Wilhelm Jordan (1819-1904), nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Mathematiker Wilhelm Jordan.
context_page_description: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, sometimes shortened to Wilhelm Jordan, was a German writer and politician.
context_section_description: His literary works are rooted in 19th-century historicism and profoundly influenced by Ludwig Klages and his school friend Theodor Lessing. His plays, poems and novels are dominated by philosophical and scientific ideas. His main work was his Nibelungen-Epos, written in Stabreim (alliterative verse) - in it, he used the Old Norse saga of the same name and the Lay of Hildebrand as his main sources but subjected the action to a time-related psychological interpretation.
  In the 19th century he was often seen (in the words of René Simon Taube) as "a precursor of Nietzsche and pioneer of Darwin in Germany". Today his work is little-known, except for his 'mysterium' Demiurgos and his translation of the Elder Edda, both still in use due to their sensitive language and epic depth. His Demiurgos cannot, as is generally claimed, be considered as the "first serious biography of Max Stirner". It is more of a literary sketch rather than a biographical account of Stirner's life, especially since he is only mentioned in one section rather than throughout the work.
caption: Signature as Dr. Wilhelm Jordan
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