person
Gottfried August Bürger
Bürger
also: Bürger, G. A. Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794), German Romantic ballad-poet best known for 'Lenore' (1773); his ballad style was widely imitated in Central Europe and is explicitly named as the model for Madách's 'Adeline' fragment.
Reading notes
- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §6 after Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794), German Romantic ballad-poet; his 'Lenore' (1773) was widely translated and imitated throughout Central Europe, and the name 'Adeline' suggests a similar ballad scenario.