Oehlenschläger

British  

/ ˈøːlənslɛːɡər /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

The conversion of Oehlenschläger to romanticism meant the conquest of Danish literature by the new order of thought.

From The Gold Horns by Borrow, George Henry

The poem itself is in spirit rather more nearly related to the work of Tegnér or Oehlenschläger than to the Volospá.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.

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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright

The Danish poet, Oehlenschläger, had published his old-Norse cycle of poems, "Helge," which aroused a sympathetic reverberation in Tegnér's mind.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth