Word: von
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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December 5-Lessing. Asst. Professor von Jagemann...
December 19-The Romantic School and the Beginning of German Philology. Asst. Professor von Jagemann...
...court epics are of a different nature, being similar to the short English verse of seven or eight feet. Of this class the principal writers are Hartmann, Gottfried von Strasbourg and Wolfram Eschenbach. Hartmann, the author of "Erick," a poem of several thousand lines, was a writer of great poetic genius, as was Got fried, who, although unable to read or write, has left a poem of 1900 lines. But after the death of these three men there was a great decline in literature...
...principal writer of lyric verse was Walther von der Vogelweide who lived a long and wandering life. His themes were principally on nature, politics and religion in all of which he did not hesitate to express his opinion. The versification of this verse is determined by accentmerely since the stanzas differ with different writers...
...reform is necessary it should if possible, be made in accordance with the constitution-Von Holst Constitutional...