Editing Karl May (section)

==Career==
After his release in May 1874, May returned to his parents' home in Ernstthal and began to write. In November 1874, ''Die Rose von Ernstthal'' ("The Rose from Ernstthal") was published.<ref name="Chronik">Sudhoff D. and Steinmetz H. ''Karl-May-Chronik'' Karl-May-Verlag, 2006. {{ISBN|9783780201706}}.</ref> May then became an editor in the publishing house of [[Heinrich Gotthold Münchmeyer]] in [[Dresden]]. May managed entertainment papers such as ''Schacht und Hütte'' ("Mine and Mill") and continued to publish his own works such as ''Geographische Predigten'' ("Collected Travel Stories") (1876). May resigned in 1876<ref name="Chronik"/> and was employed by [[Bruno Radelli]] of Dresden.

In 1878, May became a [[Freelancer|freelance writer]]. Once again, May was insolvent.<ref name="Chronik"/> In 1882, May returned to the employ of Münchmeyer and began the first of five large [[Colportage#Colportage_novels|colportage novels]]. One of these was ''Das Waldröschen'' (1882–1884). From 1879, May was also published in ''Deutscher Hausschatz'' ("German House Treasure"), a Catholic weekly journal from the [[Pustet|press of Friedrich Pustet]] in [[Regensburg]]. In 1880, May began the ''Orient Cycle'', which ran, with interruption, until 1888. May was also published in the teenage boys' journal ''Der Gute Kamerad'' ("The Good Comrade") of [[Wilhelm Spemann]], [[Stuttgart]]. In 1887, it published ''Der Sohn des Bärenjägers'' ("Son of the Bear Hunter"). In 1891 ''Der Schatz im Silbersee'' ("The Treasure of Silver Lake") was published.  May published in other journals using pseudonyms. In all, he published over one hundred articles. In October 1888, May moved to Kötzschenbroda (a part of [[Radebeul]]) and in 1891 to ''Villa Agnes'' in Oberlößnitz. In 1891, [[Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld]] offered to print the ''Deutscher Hausschatz'' "Son of the Bear Hunter" stories as books. In 1892, the publication of ''Carl May's Gesammelte Reiseromane'' (''Collected Travel Accounts'' or ''Karl May's Gesammelte Reiseerzählungen'') brought financial security and recognition. May became deeply absorbed in the stories he wrote and the lives of his characters. Readers wrote to May, addressing him as the [[protagonist]]s of his books. May conducted talking tours in Germany and Austria and allowed autographed cards to be printed and photos in costume to be taken. In December 1895, May moved to the Villa Shatterhand in Alt-Radebeul, which he purchased from the Ziller brothers.<ref>Bugmann, ''Savage To Saint: The Karl May Story'' (2016).</ref>

=== Later career ===
[[File:Karl May with Sascha Schneider, 1904.jpg|thumb|right|May and [[Sascha Schneider]], 1904]]
[[File:Karl May Grab1.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Karl and Klara May]]
In 1899, May traveled to Egypt then [[Sumatra]] with his servant, Sejd Hassan. In 1900, he was joined by Klara and Richard Plöhn. The group returned to Radebeul in July 1900. May demonstrated some emotional instability during his travels.<ref name=Orientreise>Bartsch E. and Wollschläger H. ''Karl May's Orientreise 1899–1900'' in ''In fernen Zonen: Karl Mays Weltreisen.'' (''In remote areas : Karl May's world travel'') Karl-May-Verlag, 1999, Original from Indiana University, digitized 20 Jan 2011. {{ISBN|9783780200822}}.</ref>

[[Hermann Cardauns]] and [[Rudolf Lebius]] criticised May for his self-promotion with the Old Shatterhand legend. He was also reproached for his writing for the Catholic ''Deutscher Hausschatz'' and several [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Marian calendars]]. There were also charges of unauthorised book publications and the use of an illegal doctoral degree. In 1902, May did receive a [[Honorary degree|Doctor honoris causa]] from the Universitas Germana-Americana in Chicago for ''Im Reiche des Silbernen Löwen'' ("In the Realm of the Silver Lion.")<ref name=Blutsbruder>Heermann C. ''Winnetous Blutsbruder: Karl-May-Biografie.'' Zweite, überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg / Radebeul 2012. {{ISBN|9783780201614}}. pp. 425−427.</ref> In 1908, Karl and Klara May spent six weeks in North America. They traveled through [[Albany, New York]], [[Buffalo, New York]], the [[Niagara Falls]] and visited friends in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]]. May was inspired to write ''Winnetou IV''.

On his return, May began work on complex [[Allegory|allegorical]] texts. He considered the "question of mankind", [[pacifism]] and the raising of humans from evil to good. [[Sascha Schneider]] provided [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] covers for the Fehsenfeld edition. On 22 March 1912, May was invited by the Academic Society for Literature and Music in [[Vienna]] to present a lecture entitled ''Empor ins Reich der Edelmenschen'' ("Upward to the Realm of Noble Men"). There, he met pacifist and Nobel Laureate [[Bertha von Suttner]].