GERHART See also:

• GERHART HAUPTMANN (1862— )
• HAUPTMANN, MORITZ (1792—1868)

HAUPTMANN (1862— )  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862 at Obersalzbrunn in See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, the son of an hotel-keeper . From the See also:

• VILLAGE

village school of his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place he passed to the Realschule in See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, and was then sent to learn See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture on his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle's See also:

• FARM

farm at See also:

• JAUER

Jauer . Having, however, no See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for 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 See also:

• LIFE

life, he soon returned to Breslau and entered the See also:

• ART

art school, intending to become a sculptor . He then studied at See also:

• JENA

Jena, and spent the greater See also:

• PART

part of the years x883 and 1884 in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . In May 1885 See also:

• HAUPTMANN, GERHART (1862— )
• HAUPTMANN, MORITZ (1792—1868)

Hauptmann married and settled in See also:

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

Berlin, and, devoting himself henceforth entirely to See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work, soon attained a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation as one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief representatives of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

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

drama . In 1891 he retired to See also:

• SCHREIBERHAU

Schreiberhau in Silesia . Hauptmann's first drama, Vor Sonnezzaufgang (1889) inaugurated the realistic See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in modern German literature; it was followed by See also:

• DES

Des Friedens-.fest (1890), Einsame Mensclzen (1891) and See also:

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

Die See also:

• WEBER, CARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNEST VON (1786–1826)
• WEBER, WILHELM EDUARD (1804-1891)

Weber (1892), a powerful drama depicting the rising of the Silesian weavers in 1844 . Of Hauptmann's subsequent work mention may be made of the comedies Kollege Crampton (1892), Der Biberpelz (1893) and Der rote See also:

• HAHN, AUGUST (1792–1863)

Hahn (1901), a " See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream poem," Hannele (1893), and an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical drama See also:

• FLORIAN, JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE (1755-1794)
• FLORIAN, SAINT

Florian Geyer (1895) . He also wrote two tragedies of Silesian See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant life, Fuhrmann See also:

• HENSCHEL, GEORGE [Ismoa GEORG] (1850— )

Henschel (1898) and See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose Berndt (1903), and the " dramatic See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy-tales " Die versunkene Glocke (1897) and Und Pippa tanzt (1905) . Several of his See also:

• WORKS

works have been translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English . See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies of Hauptmann and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical studies of his dramas have been published by A . See also:

• BARTELS, HANS VON (1856– )

Bartels (1897); P .

Schlenther (1898); and U . C . Woerner (2nd ed., 1900) . See also L . Benoist-Hanappier, Le Drame naturaliste en Allemagne (1905) .