A History of German Literature

æsthetic Anacreontic appeared Arnim artistic ballads beautiful became Berlin Bodmer Brentano Bückeburg century character charm Christian Christian Felix Weisse classical comedies contrast criticism death Dorothea drama enthusiastic epic faith Faust favour feeling Frederick French Friedrich Friedrich Schlegel gave Gellert German literature German poetry Gleim Goethe Goethe's Gottsched Gottsched's Götz Greek Haller happiness heart Herder Hermann Hermann and Dorothea hero human ideal idyllic imitation influence interest Iphigenie Kleist Klopstock language later Leipzig Lessing Lessing's literary lyric poetry ment Mephisto Minnesingers moral Müller nature Nibelungenlied noble novel old German operetta passion patriotic period philosophy picture Pietist play poems poet poetic prose Prussian published religion religious revolution romance satire scene Schiller Schlegel sentiment Shakspeare soul spirit story Strassburg style Swiss sympathy Tasso taste tendencies thought Tieck tone tragedy translation views Voltaire Wallenstein Weimar Werther whole Wieland Winckelmann writing wrote youth