Letter to Lorenz Rohr, 1884 May 12.

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Letter to Lorenz Rohr, 1884 May 12.

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Clemens writes to Rohr critiquing the latter's translation of Heine's "Lorelei" which Rohr had offered to Twain after reading Twain's own translation in "A tramp abroad." With the letter is an electrostatic copy of the letter from Rohr to Twain including the translation done by Rohr, and a letter from Robert H. Hirst providing background information on the correspondence.

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Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856

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Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as...

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Hirst, Robert H.

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Rohr, Lorenz, fl. 1884,

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