Wedekind

[ vey-duh-kint ]

noun
  1. Frank [frahngk], /frɑŋk/, 1864–1918, German poet and dramatist.

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How to use Wedekind in a sentence

  • Wedekind, who to the mtier of the artist joins that of the enfant terrible, strains in this play every nerve to shock.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • But Wedekind's most serious contribution to dramatic literature is to be found in Frhlingserwachen.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • Death, however, is a pet theme of Wedekind, who proceeds to batten thereon with abnormal gusto.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • And, indeed, with all his clownings and buffooneries, Wedekind is frequently as serious as Mr. Shaw himself.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • If we have to commit ourselves, we would say that the Wedekind play is the lyric play of irony—irony both comic and tragic.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel

British Dictionary definitions for Wedekind

Wedekind

/ (German ˈveːdəkɪnt) /


noun
  1. Frank. 1864–1918, German dramatist, whose plays, such as The Awakening of Spring (1891) and Pandora's Box (1904), bitterly satirize the sexual repressiveness of society

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