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Deutschland - Ein Wintermärchen by Heinrich Heine

avicos's review against another edition

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4.0

Fine verses of this exquisite poem of history and a simple yet tormenting struggle take the reader to places and times of Paris while showing that still undefined yearning for one's motherland.

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

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challenging funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

How is this so funny?
Ich hatte nicht erwartet, so gut unterhalten zu werden. Ohne erläuterte Ausgabe ist es aufgrund der vielen Anspielungen kaum zu verstehen (zumindest für mich),  aber Heine ist hier so bissig und sarkastisch, dass ich manchmal wirklich laut lachen musste (z.B. der Abschnitt zum alternativen Geschichtsverlauf, falls die Römer die Varusschlacht gewonnen hätten). 

Trotz all der Satire wird Heines Liebe zu seiner Heimat wie auch zu Frankreich deutlich. Wer sich mit der Geschichte Deutschlands vor der Nationsgründung und den Zuständen zur Zeit vor der Märzrevolution 1848 beschäftigen möchte, findet in diesem Text ein lebendiges Zeitdokument.

beca's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

cptrexct's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

jxlia's review against another edition

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reflective

5.0

annika2304's review against another edition

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challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

nabi_nobody's review against another edition

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4.0

Heinrich Heine uses the beauty of the German language and he uses it elegantly even adding more beauty to it. Some of his poems are so authentic that I can imagine the sound of the harp or the conversation between him and his mother that ended in a note which proves the ideological difference and partly an alienation from eachother. He does all this with the use of a a few verses, that are very compressed regarding the content. His critique is not that subtle as he didn't have to fear censorship in Paris. This freedom resulted in the most cynical or ironical text-tones that the era of Romanticism may have ever witnessed and his irony is what made Heine so modern for me and therefore still relatable. The only thing that bugged me was his self-portrait as he appeared to be a bit of a narcisst. But if I had been a literary genius like him I probably would have been worse :-)

ben231's review against another edition

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funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

cce's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

bookforestsprite's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Sprachlich ganz fantastisch, sehr lustig und viel Witz. Die ganze Deutschtümelei allerdings changiert zwischen befremdlich und schrecklich. 

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