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Eichendorff

British  
/ ˈaiçəndɔrf /

noun

  1. Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788–1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s typical of his approach that his excavation of brain science includes an extended riff about the translation of a brief poem by the 19th-century Prussian writer Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2019

He read the title-page,--"Pages from the Life of a Good-for-Nothing," by Eichendorff.

From The Eichhofs A Romance by Moritz von Reichenbach

It is here that Eichendorff makes Goethe praise Loeben in the foregoing fashion.

From Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei by Allen Wilson Porterfield

Eichendorff was one of the most distinguished of the later members of the German romantic school.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

But Eichendorff was then only nineteen years old, and he later took this back.

From Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei by Allen Wilson Porterfield

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