Ferdinand Raimund (Critical Survey of Drama)
Other Literary Forms
Ferdinand Raimund is known only for his plays. There exist a few poems from his hand, notably an ode to Friedrich Schiller and a poem “An die Dunkelheit” (to darkness). His letters have been collected, and later editors have compiled separate editions of the most famous couplets (songs) from his plays.
Achievements
Ferdinand Raimund has been called “the first great humoristic dramatist of the Germans in the nineteenth century.” He freed the...
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