Heinrich Heine
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Feudalism, Serfs, Peasants
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Through his literary and journalistic works, Heine exposed the hypocrisy and oppressiveness of feudal society as it existed in many parts of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Early Life
Chaim Harry Heine was born in Düsseldorf, the economic and cultural capital of the German Rhineland, into a respected Jewish family. His father, Samson, was a moderately successful textile merchant, who had little influence on Heinrich’s upbringing. Indeed, the boy was reared almost exclusively by his well-educated, rationalist...
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