Ludwig Tieck

© Wolfang Peter www.bad-bad.deJohann Ludwig Tieck (1773 – 1853), a prolific writer and critic published poems, plays and novels. He also translated Cervantes and Shakespeare into German. His transition to Romanticism is manifest in his story-collections including “Der blonde Eckbert” and “Der gestiefelte Kater”.

 

Romantic Fairy Tales: Ekbert the Fair . Undine . The Tale of Honest Casper and Fair Annie / edited by Carol Tully. - London : Penguin, 2000. - 192 pages,
ISBN 0-140-44732-6
Original titles: Der blonde Eckbert; Undine; Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl

Popular Tales and Romances of The Northern Nations V1 (1823) / Johann Karl August Musaus, Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouque, Ludwig Tieck. – Whitefish : Kessinger Publishing, 2008. – 384 pages,
ISBN 9780548877647

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