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The motif of “The Wanderer” in German and English Romanticism
The motif of the lone Wanderer experienced a Renaissance during the Romantic period in the first half of the 19th century. Paintings such as Caspar David Friedrich’s “Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer” (“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog”) depict the figure of the Wanderer in nature to symbolize freedom and independence, as well as the…
Keep readingThe “Ubi Sunt” Passage in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
Often named the founder of the fantasy genre, J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most famous authors of the last few centuries. Some might not know, however, that Tolkien, for most of his life, was a professor of Old English Literature at Oxford University and was therefore highly familiar with works such as “The Wanderer”.…
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