A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... founded on the " Helden- sage , " and anecdotes of the crusades are introduced into it . History and mythology , home and foreign affairs are inter- mingled , with little regard to probability and chronology . Herzog Ernst is a banished ...
... founded on the " Helden- sage , " and anecdotes of the crusades are introduced into it . History and mythology , home and foreign affairs are inter- mingled , with little regard to probability and chronology . Herzog Ernst is a banished ...
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... founded on the real or fabulous adventures of the hero , Dietrich von Bern - the poetical and legendary representative of the great King of the Ostrogoths , Theodoric - of which only a list of the chief names need be given here . These ...
... founded on the real or fabulous adventures of the hero , Dietrich von Bern - the poetical and legendary representative of the great King of the Ostrogoths , Theodoric - of which only a list of the chief names need be given here . These ...
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... founded on a French legend . Gregorius , like Edipus of old , has unknowingly married his mother . When this is discovered he condemns himself to the hardest penance . Chained on a rock in a lake , he lives miraculously for seventeen ...
... founded on a French legend . Gregorius , like Edipus of old , has unknowingly married his mother . When this is discovered he condemns himself to the hardest penance . Chained on a rock in a lake , he lives miraculously for seventeen ...
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... founded on a legend in the life of Buddha . ) Wilhelm von Orlens , half historical . Alexander , another rendering of the deeds of Alexander the Great . Weltchronik , brought down only to the time of Solomon . Frequently classed with ...
... founded on a legend in the life of Buddha . ) Wilhelm von Orlens , half historical . Alexander , another rendering of the deeds of Alexander the Great . Weltchronik , brought down only to the time of Solomon . Frequently classed with ...
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... ; indeed he is not only the founder of the German Protestant hymn , but , until the most modern times , he remains unsurpassed in it . Disciples and opponents swarmed round Luther . Of the latter 32 GERMAN LITERATURE .
... ; indeed he is not only the founder of the German Protestant hymn , but , until the most modern times , he remains unsurpassed in it . Disciples and opponents swarmed round Luther . Of the latter 32 GERMAN LITERATURE .
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