Freytag

[ frahy-tahk ]

/ ˈfraɪ tɑk /

noun

Gus·tav

[goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/, 1816–95, German novelist, playwright, and journalist.

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Examples from the Web for freytag

I may add, for the benefit of classical scholars, that Freytag has a chapter on Sophocles.
Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley
Lamache in Arabic means (see Freytag) "levi intuitu et furtim adspicere aliquem;" also to shine, as lightning, or a star.
Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853|Various
The novels of 'The Ancestors' are a culmination of Freytag's literary evolution.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various
It is carried straight to Freytag's; and at eleven in the morning, Collini eagerly attends to have it opened.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

As for the worthy Freytag, he felicitated himself highly on the way he had handled that dabbler in poeshy.
Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15)|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for freytag

Freytag

/ (German ˈfraitaːk) /

noun

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

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