Hermann und Dorothea
play by Goethe
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German literature
- In German literature: Weimar Classicism: Goethe and Schiller
…epic, as in his idyll Hermann und Dorothea (1797), for example, which portrays in Greek hexameters the fate of German refugees from the French Revolution. But Goethe and Schiller did not shun modern genres, such as the ballad or, in Goethe’s case, the novel. With his Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1795–96;…
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influenced by Voss
- In Johann Heinrich Voss
…family, inspired Goethe to write Hermann und Dorothea.
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