tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6017498253045017598..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Heinrich Heine - how my heart was achingAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11014811197581868752022-11-02T22:49:22.886-05:002022-11-02T22:49:22.886-05:00Yes, Heine is irony-soaked.
The Sol Liptzin book ...Yes, Heine is irony-soaked.<br /><br />The Sol Liptzin book I mention a few posts later, <i>The English Legend of Heinrich Heine</i>, was a huge help understanding the unironic Heine audience you mention.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75665762172265689602022-11-02T04:38:36.092-05:002022-11-02T04:38:36.092-05:00I never know how serious to take the Heine of the ...I never know how serious to take the Heine of the <i>Buch der Lieder</i>. Knowing his acid-tongued version, I always suspect that it’s a joke, this combination of simplicity and levity, that he’s quietly making fun of the sentimentality and romanticism of his readers. But they lapped it up, so he continued producing.Hanshttp://hanskramladen.blogspot.com/?m=1noreply@blogger.com