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ISBN-10: 0140448500
ISBN-13: 9780140448504
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 02/01/2007
Dimensions: 7.76" L, 5.02" W, 0.94" H

The Harz Journey and Selected Prose

Introduction by: Ritchie Robertson
Translator: Ritchie Robertson
Notes by: Ritchie Robertson

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A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts the development of that prose, beginning with three meditative works from the Travel Pictures, inspired by Heine’s journeys as a young man to Lucca, Venice and the Harz Mountains. Exploring the development of spirituality, the later On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany spans the earliest religious beliefs of the Germanic people to the philosophy of Hegel, and warns with startling force of the dangers of yielding to ‘primeval Germanic paganism’. Finally, the Memoirs consider Heine’s Jewish heritage and describe his early childhood. As rich in humour, satire, lyricism and anger as his greatest poems, together the pieces offer a fascinating insight into a brilliant and prophetic mind.

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ISBN-10: 0140448500
ISBN-13: 9780140448504
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 02/01/2007
Dimensions: 7.76" L, 5.02" W, 0.94" H
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