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Freytag

American  
[frahy-tahk] / ˈfraɪ tɑk /

noun

  1. Gustav 1816–95, German novelist, playwright, and journalist.


Freytag British  
/ ˈfraitaːk /

noun

  1. Gustav (ˈɡʊstaf). 1816–95, German novelist and dramatist; author of the comedy Die Journalisten (1853) and Soll und Haben (1855), a novel about German commercial life

"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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Considering how to push their agenda forward, David referred to German novelist Gustav Freytag's pyramid of storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2018

Today, Freytag’s graphic interpretation explains the structure of many of the most repeated stories—those told in today’s Hollywood blockbuster films, and those that may have first been told on cave walls.

From Forbes • Jan. 22, 2015

Beidh. gives both interpp.See on these idols Freytag's Einleitung, p.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Rodwell, J. M. (John Medows)

Both these singular Parchments, signed, sealed and done in the due legal form, lay simultaneously in Freytag's hand; and probably enough they exist yet, in some dusty corner, among the solemn sheepskins of the world.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas

It is carried straight to Freytag's; and at eleven in the morning, Collini eagerly attends to have it opened.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Carlyle, Thomas

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