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** named for the 18th century German aristocrat, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, who was known for his lively storytelling and exaggerated accounts of his military exploits | ** named for the 18th century German aristocrat, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, who was known for his lively storytelling and exaggerated accounts of his military exploits in the Russo-Turkish War of 1737 and two later campaigns against the Ottoman Empire | ||
* later, a German writer, Rudolf Erich Raspe, used Münchhausen's name for satirical stories about an adventurer and itinerant exaggerator and liar about ridiculous events | * later, a German writer, Rudolf Erich Raspe, used Münchhausen's name for satirical stories about an adventurer and itinerant exaggerator and liar about ridiculous events | ||
* Raspe knew the real von Münchhausen, and used some of the real Baron's stories, along with other sources | * Raspe knew the real von Münchhausen, and used some of the real Baron's stories, along with other sources | ||
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** but used "M-h-s-n" instead of "Münchhausen" to identify the main character of his fiction | ** but used "M-h-s-n" instead of "Münchhausen" to identify the main character of his fiction | ||
* the stories are in the same genre as Don Quixote, by Cervantes, the great Spanish writer. | * the stories are in the same genre as Don Quixote, by Cervantes, the great Spanish writer. | ||
** Don Quixote is a character in some of the stories | |||
== Publications of Baron Munchausen == | |||
* "Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia" | |||
** published in England in 1785 | |||
* "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen" | |||
** published in England in 1895 | |||
** see [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3154/3154-h/3154-h.htm#link2HCH0001 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen] | |||
** Chapter 1 begins with the preface | |||
[THE BARON IS SUPPOSED TO RELATE THESE ADVENTURES TO HIS FRIENDS OVER A BOTTLE.] | |||
== Some of the adventures of Baron Munchausen == | |||
* the Baron rides a cannonball | |||
* the Baron travels to the moon | |||
* the Baron is swallowed by a giant fish | |||
* the Baron saves himself from drowning by pulling himself out of the water by his own hair | |||
* the Baron fights a forty-foot crocodile | |||
* the Barron fixes and rides his horse after it is cut in half | |||
== Illustrations of Baron Munchausen == | |||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px> | |||
[[File:Bruckner - Münchhausen.jpg|thumb|A c. 1740 portrait of the real Münchhausen as an Imperial Russian Army officer in Riga]] | |||
[[File:Münchhausen-AWille.jpg|thumb|Munchausen rides the cannonball, as pictured by August von Wille.]] | |||
[[File:Gottfried Franz - Munchhausen Underwater.jpg|thumb|The Baron travels underwater, illustrated by Gottfried Franz.]] | |||
[[File:Cruik4.gif|thumb|The Baron rides a half-horse, illustrated by George Cruikshank]] | |||
[[File:Hosemann Münchhausen 11.png|thumb|The Baron picks up a carriage, illustrated by Theodor Hosemann]] | |||
[[File:Gustave Doré - Baron von Münchhausen - 067.jpg|thumb|The Baron retrieved from the whale, illustrated by Gustave Doré]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Literature]] | |||
[[Category:Satire]] | |||
Revision as of 23:20, 28 March 2023
or Baron Münchhausen
- a fictional character
- named for the 18th century German aristocrat, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, who was known for his lively storytelling and exaggerated accounts of his military exploits in the Russo-Turkish War of 1737 and two later campaigns against the Ottoman Empire
- later, a German writer, Rudolf Erich Raspe, used Münchhausen's name for satirical stories about an adventurer and itinerant exaggerator and liar about ridiculous events
- Raspe knew the real von Münchhausen, and used some of the real Baron's stories, along with other sources
- he published the material during the latter years of the Baron's life
- but used "M-h-s-n" instead of "Münchhausen" to identify the main character of his fiction
- the stories are in the same genre as Don Quixote, by Cervantes, the great Spanish writer.
- Don Quixote is a character in some of the stories
Publications of Baron Munchausen[edit | edit source]
- "Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia"
- published in England in 1785
- "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
- published in England in 1895
- see The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Chapter 1 begins with the preface
[THE BARON IS SUPPOSED TO RELATE THESE ADVENTURES TO HIS FRIENDS OVER A BOTTLE.]
Some of the adventures of Baron Munchausen[edit | edit source]
- the Baron rides a cannonball
- the Baron travels to the moon
- the Baron is swallowed by a giant fish
- the Baron saves himself from drowning by pulling himself out of the water by his own hair
- the Baron fights a forty-foot crocodile
- the Barron fixes and rides his horse after it is cut in half