Educated at the Berlin Gymnasium and the Universities of Halle, Erlangen and Gottingen, Tieck immediately took up a literary career. Typical of early German Romanticism, his first novel, Die Geschichte des Herrn William Lovell (1795 3 Vols) was well-received. In 1797, he published the five-act tragedy, Karl von Berneck, and a collection of fairy tales, Volksmarchen. Volksmarchen contained one of Tieck's most memorable short novels, Fair Eckbert, which won much critical acclaim. Some of his other early plays include Leben und Tod der helligen Genoveva (1800), Kaiser Octavianus (1804) and Phantasus (1812-16). Tieck also translated a number of works into German including Shakespeare's The Tempest and Don Quixote. From 1825 to 1842, Tieck held the post of adviser and critic at the Dresden Theatre. During this period, he produced some 40 short novels. His other works include Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen (1798), Dichterlieben (1826-31) and The Roman Matron (1840). |
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