Die Harzreise by Heinrich Heine
"Die Harzreise" by Heinrich Heine is a travel account written in 1824 and published in 1826. It chronicles Heine's wandering through the Harz mountains as a Göttingen student, blending traditional travel narrative with sharp satire. He mocks academic traditions and small-town philistinism while contrasting the commercialized Brocken mountain tourism with the pristine Ilse valley. Through encounters with locals and lyrical interludes, Heine explores folk tales and legends, creating a witty commentary on
contemporary literary and social culture that became his first major success. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 |
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| Editor | Lachmann, Otto F. |
| Title | Die Harzreise |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Harzreise Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Harzreise |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German poetry -- 19th century |
| Subject | Harz Mountains (Germany) -- Description and travel |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 24249 |
| Release Date | Jan 11, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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