Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (Critical Survey of Drama)
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger was an accomplished poet. He wrote very few prose texts but contributed greatly to the genre of the lyric epic poem. In addition, Oehlenschläger is highly acclaimed for his straightforward lyric poetry.
Achievements
In 1797, one of the most important contemporary Danish journals pronounced the Golden Age of poetry and culture dead, but within five years of this pronouncement some of the giants of intellectual life in Denmark were to make their presence felt. Among them were Bertel Thorvaldsen, whose sculptures...
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