Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . hiller; and the correspond-ence between Goethe and Schiller shows the elder Korner to havebeen a high-minded man of unusual intellectual powers. Thus underhome influences of the most favorable kind young Korner grew tomanhood. He studied at Freiburg and at Leipzig; obliged to leavethe latter university in consequence of a duel, he went to Berlin fora brief time, and in 1811 to Vienna, where his remarkable careermay be said to have begun. A volume of immature poems had ap-peared the year before under the modestly chosen title of <
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . hiller; and the correspond-ence between Goethe and Schiller shows the elder Korner to havebeen a high-minded man of unusual intellectual powers. Thus underhome influences of the most favorable kind young Korner grew tomanhood. He studied at Freiburg and at Leipzig; obliged to leavethe latter university in consequence of a duel, he went to Berlin fora brief time, and in 1811 to Vienna, where his remarkable careermay be said to have begun. A volume of immature poems had ap-peared the year before under the modestly chosen title of < Knospen *(Buds); but in Vienna his genius seemed suddenly to expand into thefull flower. He enjoyed the friendship of Wilhelm von Humboldtand Friedrich von Schlegel. His poets soul received new inspirationfrom the love of Antonie Adamberger, to whom he became now there came from his pen with astonishing rapidity, poems,prose tales, comedies, and tragedies. His dramas won instant andextraordinary success, and the poet found himself the centre of. Karl T. Korner 8726 KARL THEODOR KORNER admiration at the Austrian capital. He had scarcely attained hismajority when he was appointed poet of the Court Theatre. Of hiscomedies, several still hold the stage. His serious dramas evince highdramatic power and an unerring stage instinct, but the}- reveal also alack of knowledge of the world. His tragedies are entirely in therhetorical iambic style of Schiller, but they are filled with Schillersidealism and ardor for the noble and the good. The greatest of histragedies is <Zriny,* and this play is still in the repertoire of all thelarger German theatres. This glowing presentation of the heroicHungarian general produced a profound effect, and brought to thesurface that fervor of patriotism which had already begun to do itsemancipating work in the oppressed lands of Germany. But the final consecration of Korners genius came with the sum-mons of the Prussian king to rally to the
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