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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Pandora
a verse play written by Goethe in 1807 in response to a request by L. von Seckendorff (1775 -- 1809 ) and a Dr Stoll for a contribution to an
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Theophrastus Paracelsus
(Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 1493 -- 1541 , Salzburg), physician , original thinker, and legendary figure, whose true name is variously given as
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Parsifal
a ‘Bühnenweihfestspiel’ by R. Wagner , first conceived in 1845 . Wagner completed the text in 1877 and the musical composition continued until 1882 . Parsifal
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Parzival
a Middle High German epic poem by Wolframvon Eschenbach . Its source is the unfinished Li contes del graal by Chrétiende Troyes , but Wolfram has completed the story and freely
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Johannes Pauli
(Pfeddersheim, Alsace, c. 1450 -- c. 1533 , Thann, Alsace), an Alsatian monk, who compiled a collection of Schwänke (see Schwank
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Penthesilea
a one-act tragedy in more than 3,000 lines of blank verse by H. von Kleist written in 1807 , and published in Phöbus in
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Ernst Penzoldt
(Erlangen, 1892 -- 1955 , Munich), the son of a professor at Erlangen University, studied art at the Weimar and Kassel academies, worked as a sculptor, painter, and
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Peregrina
a poetic designation applied by E. Mörike to MariaMeyer . Mörike used the name as a collective title for the five poems connected with her
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
(Zurich, 1746 -- 1827 , Brugg, Switzerland), real name Pestalutz , was brought up as an orphan.
Peter Camenzind
the first novel of H. Hesse , published in the Neue deutsche Rundschau in 1903 , and in 1904 in book form.
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Henriette Paalzow
(Berlin, 1788 -- 1847 , Berlin), née Wach , married a Major Paalzow in 1816 .
Palatinate
see Pfalz, Die .
Paläophron und Neoterpe
a short occasional play (Festspiel) of allegorical character, written by Goethe for performance on the birthday of the dowager Duchess AnnaAmalia of Weimar, 31
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Johann Philipp Palm
(Schorndorf, 1768 -- 1806 , Braunau), a Nuremberg bookseller, who published during the Napoleonic occupation (see Napoleonic Wars ) an anonymous pamphlet entitled
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Palmström
a volume of nonsense poetry by C. Morgenstern , published in 1910 . Palmström is a character who recurs throughout the poems.
Pan
a literary periodical founded in 1895 in Berlin by O. J. Bierbaum and others and from Heft 3 (1895 ) edited by Cäsar Flaischlen
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Pan-German League
see Alldeutscher Verband .
