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His tragedies on Oriental themes traced the political results of this division, and
his verse treatises showed how statesmen can best keep ... The tragedy
Mustapha was printed (probably piratically) in 1609, and some songs were set to
music.
His tragedies on Oriental themes traced the political results of this division, and
his verse treatises showed how statesmen can best keep ... The tragedy
Mustapha was printed (probably piratically) in 1609, and some songs were set to
music.
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The most popular of his dramas was the tragedy Rosenmontag (1900; Love's
Carnival, 1904), which portrays the tragedy of a Prussian officer in love with a
working class girl. Social criticism in his works gave way to humorous anecdote,
satire, ...
The most popular of his dramas was the tragedy Rosenmontag (1900; Love's
Carnival, 1904), which portrays the tragedy of a Prussian officer in love with a
working class girl. Social criticism in his works gave way to humorous anecdote,
satire, ...
Page 790
Hebe 790 in Paris in 1843 he wrote most of the realistic tragedy Maria
Magdalena, published with a critical and philosophical preface in 1 844 and
performed in 1846. This skillfully constructed play, technically a model "tragedy of
common life," ...
Hebe 790 in Paris in 1843 he wrote most of the realistic tragedy Maria
Magdalena, published with a critical and philosophical preface in 1 844 and
performed in 1846. This skillfully constructed play, technically a model "tragedy of
common life," ...
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