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Fouqué

American  
[foo-key] / fuˈkeɪ /

noun

  1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte- 1777–1843, German romanticist: poet and novelist.


Fouqué British  
/ fuˈkeː /

noun

  1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈhainrɪç karl), Baron de la Motte. 1777–1843, German romantic writer; author of Undine (1811)

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Thanks, then, dear Fouqué, heartfelt thanks, for the launching of the first edition, and with our friends, receive my wishes for the prosperity of the second.

From Peter Schlemihl by Bowring, John

The period of the action is the fifteenth century, yet the work is as far as possible from being a chivalry tale, like the diaphanous fictions of Fouqué.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Fouqué was introduced to romanticism by Wilhelm von Schlegel, and drew his first inspiration from Cervantes.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Select Tales from the German of Fouqué, &c.

From Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants by Pridden, W. (William)

Tieck and the Schlegels were a few years older, Fouqué was of the same age as he, and Arnim and Brentano somewhat younger.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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