Gerstäcker's _Gesammelte Schriften_ were published at Jena in 44 vols. (1872-1879); a selection, edited by D. Theden in 24 vols. (1889-1890). See A. Karl, _Friedrich Gerstäcker, der Weitgereiste. Ein Lebensbild_ (1873).
GERSTENBERG, HEINRICH WILHELM VON (1737-1823), German poet and critic, was born at Tondern in Schleswig on the 3rd of January 1737. After studying law at Jena he entered the Danish military service and took part in the Russian campaign of 1762. He spent the next twelve years in Copenhagen, where he was intimate with Klopstock. From 1775 to 1783 he represented Denmark's interests as "Danish Resident" at Lübeck, and in 1786 received a judicial appointment at Altona, where he died on the 1st of November 1823. In the course of his long life Gerstenberg passed through many phases of his nation's literature. He began as an imitator of the Anacreontic school (_Tändeleien_, 1759); then wrote, in imitation of Gleim, _Kriegslieder eines dänischen Grenadiers_ (1762); with his _Gedicht eines Skalden_ (1766) he joined the group of "bards" led by Klopstock. His _Ariadne auf Naxos_ (1767) is the best cantata of the 18th century; he translated Beaumont and Fletcher's _Maid's Tragedy_ (1767), and helped to usher in the _Sturm und Drang_ period with a gruesome but powerful tragedy, _Ugolino_ (1768). But he did perhaps even better service to the new literary movement with his _Briefe über Merkwürdigkeiten der Literatur_ (1766-1770), in which the critical principles of the _Sturm und Drang_--and especially its enthusiasm for Shakespeare,--were first definitely formulated. In later life Gerstenberg lost touch with literature, and occupied himself mainly with Kant's philosophy.
His _Vermischte Schriften_ appeared in 3 vols. (1815). The _Briefe über Merkwürdigkeiten der Literatur_ were republished by A. von Weilen (1888), and a selection of his poetry, including _Ugolino_, by R. Hamel, will be found in Kürschner's _Deutsche Nationalliteratur_, vol. 48 (1884).
GÉRUZEZ, NICOLAS EUGÈNE (1799-1865), French critic, was born on the 6th of January 1799 at Reims. He was assistant professor at the Sorbonne, and in 1852 he became secretary to the faculty of literature. He wrote a _Histoire de l'éloquence politique et religieuse en France aux XIV^e, XV^e, et XVI^e siècles_ (1837-1838); an admirable _Histoire de la littérature française depuis les origines jusqu'à la Révolution_ (1852), which he supplemented in 1859 by a volume bringing down the history to the close of the revolutionary period; and some miscellaneous works. Géruzez died on the 29th of May 1865 in Paris. A posthumous volume of _Mélanges et pensées_ appeared in 1877.