Oxford Companion to German Literature
A reliable source of information on the whole sweep of German literature that covers authors and their major works, as well as historical, intellectual, and cultural backgrounds.
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Aachen
a city in Nordrhein-Westfalen , situated close to the Belgo-German frontier, known to English and French historians as Aix-la-Chapelle.
Thomas Abbt
(Ulm, 1738 -- 66 , Bückeburg), son of a wig-maker, studied at Halle and became in 1760 a professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt/ Oder.
Abdias
a Novelle by A. Stifter written in 1842 and first published in 1843 .
Abenteuerroman
a kind of novel intended usually for entertainment, but sometimes serving more serious purposes.
Abrogans
customary designation of a late Latin dictionary of synonyms, the German translation of which (Deutscher Abrogans ) is the oldest document written in German.
Friedrich Achleitner
(Schalchen, Austria, 1930 -- ), collaborated as a member of the Wiener Gruppe with H.
Alfred Adler
(Vienna, 1870 -- 1937 , Aberdeen), was a pupil of S. Freud from 1902 .
Viktor Adler
(Prague, 1852 -- 1918 , Vienna), of Jewish descent, began as a doctor in the slums of Vienna and was drawn to politics by the misery he saw there.
Theodor W. Adorno
(Frankfurt/Main, 1903 -- 69 , Visp, Valais, Switzerland), originally Wiesengrund-Adorno, studied music, philosophy, and sociology in Frankfurt, after which he
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Aglaja
a literary annual founded in Vienna in 1815 by J. Sonnleithner and later edited by J.
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A.D.B.
the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .
A.E.I.O.U.
abbreviation for Austriae est imperare orbi universo (it falls to Austria to rule over the whole globe), motto of the Habsburg Emperor FriedrichIII .
Johannes Aal
(Bremgarten, Aargau, c. 1500 -- 51 , Solothurn), a Roman Catholic, left Switzerland for religious reasons and studied in Freiburg/Breisgau.
Abderiten, Geschichte der
a satire by C. M. Wieland , first published in part in the periodical Der teutsche Merkur in 1774 , and complete in book form in 1780 .
Abecedarium nordmannicum
a runic alphabet of sixteen signs with a simple explanatory text in alliterative verse. This is written in Old Saxon with traces of Anglo-Saxon.
Caspar Abel
(Hindenburg, Brandenburg, 1676 -- 1763 , Westdorf nr. Aschersleben), a schoolmaster and pastor, made translations from Ovid and Boileau and wrote verse satires
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Jakob Friedrich Abel
(Vaihingen, 1751 -- 1829 , Schorndorf), one of Schiller's teachers, was appointed professor of philosophy at the Militär-Akademie at the Solitude in 1772 .
