A Guide to German Literature: Or, Manual to Facilitate an Acquaintance with the German Classic Authors, Volume 2J. J. Guillaume, 1850 - German literature |
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Page 472 - It will be my endeavour to relate the history of the people as well as the history of the government, to trace the progress of useful and ornamental arts, to describe the rise of religious sects and the changes of literary taste, to portray the manners of successive generations, and not to pass by with neglect even the revolutions which have taken place in dress, furniture, repasts, and public amusements.
Page 106 - had in a manner rooted themselves in my soul, and were by degrees taking a poetical aspect. These were Götz von Berlichingen and Faust. The life of the former had made a deep impression upon me. The rough and honourable character of this independent man, at a period of savage anarchy, inspired me with the liveliest interest. In the popular drama of which Faust is the hero, I found more than one tone which vibrated strongly in my very soul.
Page 472 - I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues in the palace, and of debates in the parliament.
Page 296 - In a few pages we reap the fruit of the labour of a whole life. Every opinion formed by the author, every epithet given to the writers of whom he speaks, is beautiful and just, concise and animated.
Page 189 - Midst all high thought; And a memory unto his mother's breast With healing fraught. And a name and fame above the blight Of earthly breath, Beautiful — : beautiful and bright, In life and death!
Page 104 - This study of the sacred books, concentrated on one single point all my scattered acquirements—all the powers of my understanding and judgment. I am unable to describe the sensation of internal peace which I experienced, when I could penetrate into the profound meaning of these wondrous writings. When my too active imagination led me...
Page 183 - Korner. — Charles Theodore Korner was born at -Dresden on the 23rd of September, 1791. His father was the intimate associate of Schiller, who composed his tragedy of ' Don Carlos' at a country house belonging to his friend in the pleasant village of Loschwitz, near Dresden.
Page 296 - ... there read to a brilliant audience his Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature, which, on their publication, were hailed throughout Europe with marked approbation, and which will, unquestionably, transmit his name to the latest posterity. His object in these Lectures is both to take a rapid survey of dramatic productions of different ages and nations, and to develope and determine the general ideas by which their true artistic value must be judged. In his travels with Madame de Stael he was introduced...
Page 185 - ... he devoted himself entirely to poetical composition, in which he employed a large portion of every day. He applied himself now, also, in a particular manner to the study of history. " What his lather most desired...