Question
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz was the likely source of a story originally titled for this genre, which may allegorize the development of the ideal free man as described by Friedrich Schiller. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this genre of stories, “folk” examples of which were collected by Johann Musäus three decades before the publishing of those of the Brothers Grimm.
ANSWER: fairy tales [or fairy story or fairy stories; or magic tales; or wonder tales; or märchen; prompt on folk tales]
[10m] The snake and lily that provide the English title of Goethe’s “Märchen” are paralleled in this author’s fairy tale The Golden Pot. In a story by this author, a character repeatedly exclaims, “Circle of fire! spin round! spin round!”
ANSWER: E. T. A. Hoffmann [or Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; or Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann] (The story is “The Sandman.”)
[10h] A bird sings of Waldeinsamkeit in this Romantic’s landmark kumstmärchen Der blonde Eckbert. He also edited the influential Shakespeare translations that his daughter Dorothea made with Baudissin and August Schlegel.
ANSWER: Ludwig Tieck (“teek”) [or Johann Ludwig Tieck]
<Literature - European Literature - Misc Literature>
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| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thompson et al. | UBC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |