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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: German Literature
The subject most in favour was the matière de Bretagne, the legends clustering around King Arthur and the Round Table, with which that of the Holy Grail had been combined.
Its popularity was exceeded by "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" (1774), a novel in letter form, reflecting the morbid sentimentalism of the age; the hero kills himself under the spell of a hopeless passion for the affianced of his friend.
"Die Wahlverwandtschaften" (1809), a psychological novel, depicts the tragic conflict between passion and duty and upholds the sanctity of the marriage tie.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06517a.htm   (12352 words)

  
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Das Journal des Luxus und der Moden: Kultur um 1800, ed.
Der Kalender als Bibliothek des gemeinen Mannes, ed.
Das Journal des Luxus und der Moden: Kultur um 1800, University of Jena, June 8-9, 2000
german.la.psu.edu /facger3/purdy3.htm   (859 words)

  
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The bulk and diversity of his output is in itself phenomenal: his writings on science alone fill some 14 volumes.
Among his other major works are to be counted Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship; 1824) and Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther; 1774).
The correspondence between Storm and Keller was prolific and of long duration, from 1877 until the latter’s death.
www.theodorstorm.co.uk /Life/events.htm   (5009 words)

  
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Im Lande des Mahdi II (1892/3) [73 KB + 29 KB]
Einige Betrachtungen über den Gegensatz des Dinges an sich und der Erscheinung (1851)
Nachträge zur Lehre vom Leiden der Welt (1851)
www.avenarius.sk /works.htm   (2083 words)

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