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

Eleven years later he was professor in Kiel, returning thence to Copenhagen, where meanwhile his fame had been eclipsed by the genius of Oehlenschläger.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

As told here the legend is adapted from the amplified version by Oehlenschläger.

From The Book of Romance by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

The most conspicuous act of his literary life was the controversy with Oehlenschläger, and the wittiest product of his pen is the reckless criticism of Oehlenschläger's opera 'Ludlam's Cave.'

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Among those who heard him, no one was more scandalised than Oehlenschläger, then in his twenty-third year. 

From The Gold Horns by Borrow, George Henry