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HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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THE ENGLISH<br />

LEGEND OF<br />

<strong>HEINRICH</strong> <strong>HEINE</strong><br />

CHAPTER I<br />

BLACKGUARD AND APOSTATE<br />

<strong>HEINE</strong>'S youthful poems attracted scant notice<br />

in Germany upon their first appearance<br />

and were totally ignored abroad. The gems of Lyrical<br />

Intermezzo, wedged in between two unimportant<br />

tragedies, required considerable time before<br />

they won favor with Germans. The few critics who<br />

did take note of their pubUcation in 1823 censured<br />

their immorality, cynicism, and godlessness, but<br />

found little to praise. Although the author sent personal<br />

copies to Goethe, Tieck, and Uhland, with<br />

laudatory dedications, he was not even encouraged<br />

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