Grabbe, Christian Dietrich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Shakespearomania," Grabbe strove for a national German drama and wrote original, poetic historical tragedies. Hannibal (1835) and Hermannsschlacht...depict the genial individual shattered by others lack of understanding. Napoleon (1831), Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere...