Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian film director and screenwriter (1941-2018)
Christoph Martin Wielandwas a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for both Friederike Sophie Seyler’s opera of the same name and Carl Maria von Weber’s opera of the same name.
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About the Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wielandwas a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for both Friederike Sophie Seyler’s opera of the same name and Carl Maria von Weber’s opera of the same name. His thought was representative of the cosmopolitanism of the German Enlightenment, exemplified in his remark: “Only a true cosmopolitan can be a good citizen.” He was a key figure of Weimar Classicism and a collaborator of Abel Seyler’s theatre company.
4 Quotes by Christoph Martin Wieland
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Man blindly works the will of fate.
Christoph Martin WielandGerman writer, poet and publisher (1733-1813)
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Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
Christoph Martin WielandGerman writer, poet and publisher (1733-1813)
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The compulsion of fate is bitter.
Christoph Martin WielandGerman writer, poet and publisher (1733-1813)
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For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
Christoph Martin WielandGerman writer, poet and publisher (1733-1813)