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Storm, Theodor, 1817-1888We have 16 books for this author.
 Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (September 14, 1817 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, then Danish, today in Germany - July 4, 1888 in Hademarschen, Germany) studied and practiced law in Schleswig-Holstein and - emigrated under Danish rule - in Thuringia. He also wrote a number of stories, poems and novellas. His two most well-known works are the novellas Immensee (1849) [1] and Der Schimmelreiter (1888). Other published works include a volume of his poems (1852), the novella Pole Poppenspäler (1874) and the novella Aquis submersus (1877). AnalysisTheodor Storm, like Friedrich Hebbel, is a child of the North Sea Plain, but while in Hebbel's verse there is hardly any direct reference to his native landscape, Storm again and again sings its chaste beauty - and while Hebbel could find a home away from his native heath, Storm clung to it with a jealous love. He was born in Husum ('die graue Stadt am grauen Meer': 'the grey town by the grey sea') on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein of well-to-do parents. While still a student of law, he published a first volume of verse together with the brothers Tycho and Theodor Mommsen. His favorite poets were Joseph von Eichendorff and Eduard Mörike, and the influence of the former is plainly discernible even in Storm's later verse. Storm left his home in 1851 and did not return until 1864, after Schleswig-Holstein had become German. Samples
(Analysis and original text of the poem from A Book of German Lyrics, ed. Friedrich Bruns, which is available in Project Gutenberg at http://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8glyr10.txt.) External links
This biographical information was gathered from the Theodor_Storm page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksAquis SubmersusAuf dem Staatshof Auf der Universität Lore Bulemanns Haus Der Schimmelreiter (Audio Book, human-read) Der Spiegel des Cyprianus Der kleine Häwelmann (Audio Book, human-read) Die Regentrude Im Sonnenschein Novelle Immensee Immensee In St. Jürgen Novelle (1867) Pole Poppenspäler Novelle (1874) Viola Tricolor Von Kindern und Katzen, und wie sie die Nine begruben Waldwinkel |
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