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
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
Last Update Jan 3, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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