A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... born about 1160 , probably in Austria ( Tyrol ) , was in 1204 one of the poets in the " Wartburgkrieg , " died in 1227. His name is the greatest among the writers of Minnepoesie . It was his to show the wide - reaching influence of song ...
... born about 1160 , probably in Austria ( Tyrol ) , was in 1204 one of the poets in the " Wartburgkrieg , " died in 1227. His name is the greatest among the writers of Minnepoesie . It was his to show the wide - reaching influence of song ...
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... born 1483 , died 1546 , in addition to his origination of the great religious upheaval of the time , which need not be considered here , performed the greatest possible work for language and literature by providing a standard of speech ...
... born 1483 , died 1546 , in addition to his origination of the great religious upheaval of the time , which need not be considered here , performed the greatest possible work for language and literature by providing a standard of speech ...
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... born at Bunzlau in Silesia , and was himself a poet , but it is his " Büchlein " that constitutes his best claim to remembrance at the present day . Posterity has not confirmed the renown he won among his own contempo- raries by his ...
... born at Bunzlau in Silesia , and was himself a poet , but it is his " Büchlein " that constitutes his best claim to remembrance at the present day . Posterity has not confirmed the renown he won among his own contempo- raries by his ...
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... born 1698 , at Zürich , died 1783 . He , together with his friend , Breitinger ( 1701-1776 ) , also a native of Zürich , followed the English school rather than the French , not Addison or Pope , or any of the so - called Augustan poets ...
... born 1698 , at Zürich , died 1783 . He , together with his friend , Breitinger ( 1701-1776 ) , also a native of Zürich , followed the English school rather than the French , not Addison or Pope , or any of the so - called Augustan poets ...
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... born in 1708 , died 1777 . He wrote " Oden ; " his Ode an Doris is celebrated as a passionate love - poem , for the fire of which he thought fit to excuse himself in his old age ; Die Alpen , his masterpiece , showing his love for his ...
... born in 1708 , died 1777 . He wrote " Oden ; " his Ode an Doris is celebrated as a passionate love - poem , for the fire of which he thought fit to excuse himself in his old age ; Die Alpen , his masterpiece , showing his love for his ...
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