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Tieck

American  
[teek] / tik /

noun

  1. Ludwig 1773–1853, German writer.


Tieck British  
/ tiːk /

noun

  1. Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1773–1853, German romantic writer, noted esp for his fairy tales

"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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Excepting, perhaps, Goethe, no one knew his own age better than Tieck: he is a modern poet in every sense of the word; and that is why we claim so high a place for him.

From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Ludwig Tieck

In 1847 Gutzkow went to Dresden, where he succeeded Tieck as literary adviser to the court theatre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

In the same section of the magazine is a passage which finds a later echo in Tieck.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by George Henry Danton

Madame de Staël invited Tieck to execute sculptures at Coppet, for the Neckar family, and in 1809 the Prince Royal of Bavaria, Louis, selected Tieck to mould the busts for the projected Walhalla.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

Tieck saw this and felt it, but could not make clear to himself what was wrong with it.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by George Henry Danton

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