Hebbel
[ heb-uh l ]
/ ˈhɛb əl /
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noun
(Chris·ti·an) Frie·drich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/, 1813–63, German lyric poet and playwright.
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With less success Sudermann attempted in Johannes a tragedy on lines suggested by Hebbel.
Most charmingly Hebbel describes his first experience of love, when but four years old.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert MollTo comfort himself he read Hebbel's Life; and for a time he thought of going to America.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain RollandHebbel, especially, must be regarded as the most original and revolutionary German dramatist of the 19th century.
British Dictionary definitions for hebbel
Hebbel
/ (German ˈhɛbəl) /
noun
Christian Friedrich (ˈkrɪstian ˈfriːdrɪç). 1813–63, German dramatist and lyric poet, whose historical works were influenced by Hegel; his major plays are Maria Magdalena (1844), Herodes und Marianne (1850), and the trilogy Die Nibelungen (1862)
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