Identifier: menaroundkaiserm00wilerich (find matches)
Title: Men around the Kaiser; the makers of modern Germany
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Wile, Frederic William, 1873-1941
Subjects: William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 Germany -- Biography Germany -- Politics and government 1888-1918 Germany -- Intellectual life
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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amatist now writing in the German language.Sudermann and Wedekind, and Schonherr, Schnitz-ler and Bahr, the leaders of the Austrian School, allhave their worshippers, but the Silesian bard, therevolutionary of the productive nineties, the realHauptmann, ranks as the most German, the noblestof them all. Nothing has altered his compatriotsbelief that the eras of German literature whichdeserve to be recorded as epochs are still denoted bySchiller, Goethe, Grillparzer, Hebbel and Haupt-mann. We live in a material age, when literarysuccesses are appraised in terms of vogue. Measuredby that standard, Hauptmann stands high amongthe best sellers of all countries. The SimkenBell has reached its eightieth German edition—German editions sometimes run to 2,000 or 3,000copies ; of translations in English, French, Russianand Italian no figures are available. The Weavershas gone to forty-three German editions, and Hanneleand Poor Henry have each attained a twenty-thirdedition.228 * • ^ . -I ^ I,
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