HENRIK See also:

• HERTZ, HEINRICH RUDOLF (1857-1894)
• HENRIK HERTZ (1797–1870)

HERTZ (1797–1870)  , Danish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of Jewish parents in See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen on the 25th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1798 . In 1817 he was sent to the university . His See also:

• FATHER

father died in his See also:

• INFANCY

infancy, and the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• PROPERTY

property was destroyed in the See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment of 1807 . The boy was brought up by his relative, M . L . Nathanson, a well-known newspaper editor . 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 See also:

• HERTZ, HEINRICH RUDOLF (1857-1894)
• HERTZ, HENRIK (1797–1870)

Hertz passed his examination in 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 in 1825 . But his See also:

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

taste was all for polite literature, and in 1826–1827 two plays of his were produced, Mr Burchardt and his Family and Love and Policy; in 1828 followed the See also:

• COMEDY

comedy of Flyttedagen . In 183o he brought out what was a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete novelty in Danish literature, a comedy in rhymed See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, A mor's Strokes of See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year Hertz published anonymously Gengangerbrevene, or Letters from a See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost, which he pretended were written by See also:

• BAGGESEN, JENS IMMANUEL (1764-1826)

Baggesen, who had died in 1826 . The See also:

• BOOK

book was written in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of J . L .

See also:

• HEIBERG, JOHAN LUDVIG (1791-186o)

Heiberg, and was full of satirical See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour and See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical insight . Its success was overwhelming; but Hertz preserved his anonymity, and the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret was not known until many years later . In 1832 he published a didactic poem, Nature and See also:

• ART

Art, and Four Poetical Epistles . A See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island of Als was his next comedy, followed in 1835 by The Only See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

Fault . Hertz passed through See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland into See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1833; he spent the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter there, and returned the following autumn through See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark . In 1836 his comedy of The Savings See also:

• BANK

Bank enjoyed a See also:

• GREAT

great success . But it was not till 1837 that he gave the full measure of his genius in the romantic See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

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

drama of Svend Dyrings Hus, a beautiful and See also:

• ORIGINAL

original piece . His See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical tragedy Valdemar Aiterdag was not so well received in 1839; but in 1845 he achieved an immense success with his lyrical drama See also:

• KONG

Kong Rene's Dalier (See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Rene's Daughter), which has been translated into almost every See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . To this succeeded the tragedy of Ninon in 1848, the romantic comedy of Tonieita in 1849, A See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

Sacrifice in 1853i The Youngest in 1854 . His lyrical poems appeared in successive collections, dated 1832, 1840 and 1844 . • From 1858 to 1859 he edited a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal entitled Weekly Leaves . His last drama, Three Days in See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, was produced in 1869, and he died on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February of the next year .

. Hertz is one of the first of Danish lyrical poets . His poems are full of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, his versification has more See also:

• WITCH

witch-See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft in it than any other poet's of his See also:

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

age, and his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace itself . He has all the sensuous See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire of See also:

• KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)

Keats without his proclivity to the See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique . As a romantic dramatist he is scarcely less original . He has bequeathed to the Danish See also:

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

theatre, in Svend Dyrings Hus and King Rene's Daughter, two pieces which have become classic . He is a See also:

• TROUBADOUR

troubadour by See also:

• INSTINCT

instinct; he has little or nothing of Scandinavian See also:

• LOCAL

local colouring, and succeeds best when he is describing the scenery or the emotions of the glowing See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . His Dramatic See also:

• WORKS

Works (18 vols.) were published at Copenhagen in 1854–1873; and his Poems (4 vols.) in 1851–1862 .