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- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
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- John Clare (1793–1864; English)
- Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835; English)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878; American)
- John Keats (1795–1821; English)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848; German)
- Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863; French)
- Heinrich Heine (1797–1856; German)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837; Italian)
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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848; German)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2021
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- John Clare (1793–1864; English)
- Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835; English)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878; American)
- John Keats (1795–1821; English)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848; German)
- Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863; French)
- Heinrich Heine (1797–1856; German)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837; Italian)
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
Summary
Born into an aristocratic Westphalian Catholic family that still lived in its ancient castle, Droste-Hülshoff was well educated at home though somewhat cut off from society. She began writing plays and epics while young, but published little until 1838, with a collection of poems followed by another in 1844. Droste-Hülshoff never married, but had a happy if brief liaison with Levin Schücking, a younger man who served as her literary agent. Always in fragile health, she went into a decline after his marriage to another woman. She is widely considered the finest German woman poet and is admired not only for her great range of work but for her often candid and intense personal poems.
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- Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 110 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021