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Im Windesrauschen: Epische Dichtungen (1890)
Im Epische Dichtungen (1890) von Helene von Engelhardt ist eine Sammlung von Gedichten, die von der Natur und der menschlichen Erfahrung inspiriert sind. Die Dichtungen sind in einer epischen Form geschrieben und erz�����hlen Geschichten von Liebe, Verlust, Schmerz und Freude. Die Themen reichen von der Sch������nheit der Natur bis hin zu den Herausforderungen des menschlichen Lebens. Die Sprache ist poetisch und voller Bilder, die den Leser in eine Welt voller Emotionen und Sinnlichkeit entf�����hren. Helene von Engelhardt war eine deutsche Dichterin des 19. Jahrhunderts, die f�����r ihre lyrischen Werke bekannt war. Im Windesrauschen ist eines ihrer bekanntesten Werke und ein Meisterwerk der deutschen Dichtkunst.This Book Is In German.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
142 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2010
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February 2, 2025
This is a poetry collection by Baltic German aristocratic Helene von Engelhardt (1850-1910), by now seemingly a near-forgotten writer who doesn't even have a German Wikipedia page. I couldn't find a physical copy of the book, but a free electronic version in German is available online from Harvard University.
The poems are classically romanticist, speaking of great passions and linking those human emotions to dramatic weather phenomena, particularly great storms and high waves. The stories they tell are generally well-known archetypes: there's a depiction of Grettis, a legendary Icelandic outlaw, as an uber-human hero wronged by all who goes out in a bang, and a star-crossed love affair between a grand vizier and the caliph's sister that ends in tragedy.
While these poems were interesting and well-formed, such that they are best read out aloud, I thought the best poem was one concerning castaways on Spitsbergen who are rescued after six long years in that barren land, precisely because the telling did not stick as closely to the old familiar romantic clichés. That said, perhaps it is unfair to criticise a late 19th Century work for clichés that now seem well-worn, but that at the time were perhaps still fresher (at least in the way that they were told here).
The poems are classically romanticist, speaking of great passions and linking those human emotions to dramatic weather phenomena, particularly great storms and high waves. The stories they tell are generally well-known archetypes: there's a depiction of Grettis, a legendary Icelandic outlaw, as an uber-human hero wronged by all who goes out in a bang, and a star-crossed love affair between a grand vizier and the caliph's sister that ends in tragedy.
While these poems were interesting and well-formed, such that they are best read out aloud, I thought the best poem was one concerning castaways on Spitsbergen who are rescued after six long years in that barren land, precisely because the telling did not stick as closely to the old familiar romantic clichés. That said, perhaps it is unfair to criticise a late 19th Century work for clichés that now seem well-worn, but that at the time were perhaps still fresher (at least in the way that they were told here).
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