THEODOR See also:

• THEODOR FONTANE (1819-1898)

FONTANE (1819-1898)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet and novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Neu-See also:

• RUPPIN

Ruppin on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1819 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a chemist, and after qualifying as an See also:

• APOTHECARY (from the Lat. apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. aroth is , a store)

apothecary, he found employment in See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig and See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden . In 1844 he travelled in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and settling in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin devoted himself from 1849 to literature . He made repeated journeys to England, interesting himself in old See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, and as the firstfruits of his See also:

• TOURS

tours published Ein See also:

• SOMMER

Sommer in See also:

• LONDON

London (1854); Aus England, Studien and Briefe (1860) and Jenseit See also:

• DES

des See also:

• TWEED

Tweed, Bilder and Briefe aus Schotiland (1860) . See also:

• FONTANE, THEODOR (1819-1898)

Fontane was particularly attached to the See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, in which his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• LAY

lay; he was proud of its past achievements, and delighted in the growth of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, Berlin . The See also:

• FASCINATION (from Lat. fascinare, to bewitch, probably connected with the Or. f3ao-Kaiveev, to speak ill of, to bewitch)

fascination which the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth had for him may be seen in his delightfully picturesque Wanderungen durch See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Mark Brandenburg (1862-1882, 4 vols.) . He also described the See also:

• WARS

wars of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia in Der See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

schleswig-holsteinische Krieg See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Jahre 1864 (1866) and Der deutsche Krieg von 1866 (1869) . He proceeded to the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in 1870, and, being taken prisoner at Vaucouleurs, remained three months in captivity . His experiences he narrates in Kriegsgefangen . Erlebtes 1870 (1871), and he published the result of his observations of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in Der Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870-71 (1874-1876) . Like most of his contemporaries, he at first sought See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration for his See also:

• POETRY

poetry in the heroes of other countries . His Gedichte (1851) and ballads Manner and Helden (r 86o) tell of England's glories in bygone days .

Then the achievements of his own countrymen entered into rivalry, and these, as an ardent patriot, he immortalized in poem and narrative . It is, however, as a novelist that Fontane is best known . His See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• ROMANCE

romance Vor dem See also:

• STURM
• STURM, JULIUS (1816-1896)

Sturm (1878) was followed by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of novels of See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• LIFE

life: L'Adultera (1882); See also:

• SCHACK, ADOLF FRIEDRICH, GRAF VON (1815-1894)

Schack von Wuthenow (1883); Irrungen, Wirrungen (1888) ; Stine (1890); Unwiederbringlich (1891); E5 Briest (1895); Der Stechlin (1899), in which with fine See also:

• LITERARY

literary tact Fontane adapted the realistic methods and social See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of contemporary See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French fiction to the conditions of Prussian life . He died on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1898 at Berlin . Fontane's Gesammelte Romane and Erzahlungen were published in 12 vols . (1890-1891; 2nd ed., 1905) . For his life see the auto-See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• WORKS

works Meine Kinderjahre (1894) and Von zwanzig bis dreissig (1898), also Briefe an See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Familie (1905); also F . Servaes, Theodor Fontane (1900) .