Oehlenschläger

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/ ˈøːlənslɛːɡər /

noun

1. Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist

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Oehlenschläger

In the last and oddest of them, a male chorus implores listeners to draw close to Allah, singing from the text of an early 19th-century version of “Aladdin” by the Danish playwright Adam Oehlenschläger.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Oehlenschläger, if he had attempted this theme, would have made no attempt after subtlety of character painting and still less after correctness of historic color.

From Henrik Ibsen by Edmund Gosse

Thus it was that Ibsen, like Oehlenschläger before him and Björnson in his own day, made the Sagas his starting-point.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Augustin Filon

In Oehlenschläger's poetry there is still the breath of rationalism, but the generation of Oehlenschläger and Örsted is followed by that of Kierkegaard and Paludan-Müller.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

The principal, if not the only influence which acted upon Ibsen at this moment, was that of the great Danish tragedian, Adam Oehlenschläger.

From Henrik Ibsen by Edmund Gosse

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