Heine

[hahy-nuh]

noun

Hein·rich

[hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/, 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.

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Examples from the Web for heine

Too much has been made of Heine's superficiality by the pedants among his detractors.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany|Georg Brandes
The question of Heine's patriotism has always been a much-debated one, and must doubtless remain so.
Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry|Wilhelm Alfred Braun
Heine's life has a peculiar value for the student of modern life, in that it has what we may call an exemplary interest.
The Galaxy, April, 1877|Various
But along with the influence of Heine we trace that of Heinse.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany|Georg Brandes

He died in exile, like his early master in romance Heine—that is in Paris-on the 4th of September, 1883.
Virgin Soil|Ivan S. Turgenev

British Dictionary definitions for heine

Heine

noun

Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1797–1856, German poet and essayist, whose chief poetic work is Das Buch der Lieder (1827). Many of his poems have been set to music, notably by Schubert and Schumann

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