See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN See also:

• DIETRICH, CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST (1712-1774)

DIETRICH See also:

• CHRISTIAN DIETRICH GRABBE (1801-1836)

GRABBE (1801-1836)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Detmold on the llth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18or . Entering the university of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig in 1819 as a student of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, he continued the reckless habits which he had begun at Detmold, and neglected his studies . Being introduced into See also:

• LITERARY

literary circles, he conceived the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of becoming an actor and wrote the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog Theodor von Gothland (1822) . This, though showing considerable literary See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent, lacks See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, and is morally repulsive . See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig See also:

• TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG

Tieck, while encouraging the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young author, pointed out its faults, and tried to reform See also:

• GRABBE, CHRISTIAN DIETRICH (1801-1836)

Grabbe himself . In 1822 Grabbe removed to See also:

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

Berlin University, and in 1824 passed his See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate's examination . He now settled in his native See also:

• TOWN

town as a lawyer and in 1827 was appointed a Militarauditeur . In 1833 he married, but in consequence of his drunken habits was dismissed from his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and, separating from his wife, visited See also:

• DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf, where he was kindly received by Karl See also:

• IMMERMANN, KARL LEBERECHT (1796-1840)

Immermann . After a serious See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the latter, he returned to Detmold, where, as a result of his excesses, he died on the 12th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1836 . Grabbe had real poetical gifts, and many of his dramas contain See also:

• FINE

fine passages and a See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of See also:

• ORIGINAL

original ideas . They largely reflect his own See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and are characterized by cynicism and indelicacy . Their construction also is defective and little suited to the requirements of the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage .

The boldly conceived See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Juan and See also:

• FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust (1829) and the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical dramas See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa (x829), Heinrich VI . (183o), and See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder See also:

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

die Hundert Tage (1831), the last of which places the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo upon the stage, are his best See also:

• WORKS

works . Among others are the unfinished tragedies See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius and See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla (continued by Erich Korn, Berlin, 1890); and See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal (1835, supplemented and edited by C . Spielmann, See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1901); and the patriotic Hermannsschlacht or the battle between See also:

• ARMINIUS
• ARMINIUS, JACOBUS (1560-1609)

Arminius and Varus (posthumously published with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• NOTICE

notice, by E . Duller, 1838) . Grabbe's works have been edited by O . See also:

• BLUMENTHAL, LEONHARD, COUNT VON (1810–1900)

Blumenthal (4 vols., 1875), and E . Grisebach (4 vols., 1902) . For further notices of his life, see K . Ziegler, Grabbes Leben and Charakter (1855); O . Blumenthal, Beitrage zur Kenntnis Grabbes (1875) ; C . A .

See also:

• PIPER, CARL, COUNT (1647-1716)

Piper, Grabbe (1898), and A . Ploch, Grabbes Stellung in der deutschen Literatur (1905) .