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Prague, and ultimately settled in Berlin, where he edited (1810–1811) the Berliner Abendbldtter. Captivated by the intellectual and musical accomplishments of a certain Frau Henriette See also:

Vogel, Kleist,who was himself more disheartened and embittered than ever, agreed to do her bidding and die with her, carrying out this See also:

RESOLUTION

resolution by first See also:

SHOOTING

shooting the See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady and then himself on the See also:

SHORE

shore of the Wannsee near See also:

POTSDAM

Potsdam, on the 21st of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1811. Kleist's whole See also:

LIFE

life was filled by a restless striving after ideal and illusory happiness, and this is largely reflected in his See also:

WORK

work. He was by far the most important See also:

North German dramatist of the Romantic See also:

MOVEMENT

movement, and no other of the Romanticists approaches him in the See also:

ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy with which he expresses patriotic indignation.

15 His first tragedy, Die Familie Schroffenstein, has been already referred to; the material for the second, Penthesilea (1808), See also:

queen of the See also:

AMAZONS

Amazons, is taken from a See also:

Greek source and presents a picture of See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion. More successful than either of these was his romantic See also:

PLAY

play, Das Kathchen von See also:

HEILBRONN

Heilbronn,oder Die Feuer probe (18o8), apoetic drama full of See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval bustle and See also:

MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery, which has retained its popularity, In See also:

COMEDY

comedy, Kleist made a name with Der zerbrochene See also:

KRUG, WILHELM TRAUGOTT (1770-1842)

Krug (1811), while See also:

AMPHITRYON

Amphitryon (1808), an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of See also:

MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere's comedy, is of less importance. Of Kleist's other dramas, Die Hermannschlacht (1809) is a dramatic treatment of an See also:

HISTORICAL

historical subject and is full of references to the See also:

POLITICAL

political conditions of his own times. In it he gives vent to his hatred of his See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country's oppressors. This, together with the drama Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, the latter accounted Kleist's best work, was first published by Ludwig See also:

TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG

Tieck in Kleists hinterlassene Schriften (1821). See also:

Robert Guiskard, a drama conceived on a See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

plan, was See also:

LEFT

left a fragment. Kleist was also a See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the See also:

art of narrative, and of his Gesammelte Erzdhlungen (1810–1811), See also:

Michael Kohlhaas, in which the famous See also:

BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse dealer in See also:

LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther's See also:

day (see See also:

KOHLHASE, HANS

KOHLHASE) is immortalized, is one of the best German stories of its See also:

time. He also wrote some patriotic lyrics. 4-Iis Gesammelte Schriften were published by Ludwig Tieck (3 vols. 1826) and by See also:

JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian See also:

Schmidt (new ed. 1874); also by F. Muncker (4 vols.

1882); by T. Zolling (4 vols. 1885) ; by K. See also:

SIEGEN

Siegen, (4 vols. 1895) ; and in a See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition by E. Schmidt (5 vols. 1904-1905). His Ausgewahlte Dramen were published by K. Siegen (Leipzig, 1877) ; and his letters were first published by E. von Billow, Heinrich von Kleists Leben and Briefe (1848). See further A. See also:

WILBRANDT, ADOLF (1837— )

Wilbrandt, Heinrich von Kleist (1863); O. Brahm, Heinrich von Kleist (1884); R.

Bonafous, See also:

HENRI

Henri de Kleist, sa See also:

vie et ses oeuvres (1894); H. See also:

Conrad, Heinrich von Kleist als Mensch and Dichter (1896); G. Minde-Pouet, Heinrich von Kleist, See also:

seine Sprache and sein Stil (1897); R. Steig, Heinrich von Kleists Berliner Kampfe (1901); F. Servaes, Heinrich von Kleist (1902); S. Wukadinowic, Kleist-Studien (1904); S. Rahmer, H. von Kleist als Mensch and Dichter (1909).

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