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Tieck

American  
[teek] / tik /

noun

  1. Ludwig 1773–1853, German writer.


Tieck British  
/ tiːk /

noun

  1. Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1773–1853, German romantic writer, noted esp for his fairy tales

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Tieck is the literary Colossus of Dresden; perhaps I should say of Germany.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Tieck also quotes in full the passage beginning, "If I profane with my unworthy hand" which the Anzeigen only indicates.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry

Ludwig Tieck has utilized the legend in his Phantasus, and Adelbert von Chamisso in his Peter Schlemihl; and Ludwig Uhland left an unfinished narrative poem entitled “Fortunatus and his Sons.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

About the year 1808, Dannecker was considered, beyond dispute, the first sculptor in Germany; for as yet Rauch, Tieck, and Schwanthaler had not worked their way up to their present high celebrity.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

In the same section of the magazine is a passage which finds a later echo in Tieck.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry

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