A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... popular Epics of the Blütezeit . — The abundance of sagas provided the singers of this fertile time with a rich variety of subject . There appeared now a number of less important poems , all founded on the real or fabulous adventures of ...
... popular Epics of the Blütezeit . — The abundance of sagas provided the singers of this fertile time with a rich variety of subject . There appeared now a number of less important poems , all founded on the real or fabulous adventures of ...
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... in something the same manner as Hildebrand serves Dietrich von Bern . The four different existing texts of this work attest the popularity of the subject . CHAPTER III . 66 ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT " " ( CONTINUED 14 GERMAN LITERATURE .
... in something the same manner as Hildebrand serves Dietrich von Bern . The four different existing texts of this work attest the popularity of the subject . CHAPTER III . 66 ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT " " ( CONTINUED 14 GERMAN LITERATURE .
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... popular story of the " Schwanritter , " " Swan - knight , " known to us in the modern " Lohengrin . " Konrad's poems , flowing from a too prolific pen , are full of violations of taste , and wanting in true poetic feeling . He believed ...
... popular story of the " Schwanritter , " " Swan - knight , " known to us in the modern " Lohengrin . " Konrad's poems , flowing from a too prolific pen , are full of violations of taste , and wanting in true poetic feeling . He believed ...
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... popular , as dis- tinguished from the courtly style , and used the Nibelungen- strophe . 3. Dietmar von Aist also wrote in the popular manner , and used for his songs short lines rhyming in pairs . 4. Heinrich von Morungen , a ...
... popular , as dis- tinguished from the courtly style , and used the Nibelungen- strophe . 3. Dietmar von Aist also wrote in the popular manner , and used for his songs short lines rhyming in pairs . 4. Heinrich von Morungen , a ...
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... popularity consisted in charmingly witty and grace- ful dancing - songs , partly to be sung in the open air in the summer dances , partly for winter dancing under cover . He mingled village poetry with the courtly style , and was often ...
... popularity consisted in charmingly witty and grace- ful dancing - songs , partly to be sung in the open air in the summer dances , partly for winter dancing under cover . He mingled village poetry with the courtly style , and was often ...
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