Educated at Tubingen in literature, languages and law, Uhland worked as an attorney and in the Wurttemburg ministry of justice in Stuttgart. In 1815, he published his first book of poetry, Poetry of the Fatherland, which was extremely popular, running to over 50 editions. In 1819, he was elected as a representative for Tubingen at the legislature chamber. From 1829 to 1832, he was a professor of German at the University of Tubingen. He resigned when he was elected to the Landtag parliament in 1832. Uhland withdrew from politics in 1838, however he returned during the 1848 revolution to sit as a member of the German National Assembly. He returned to Tubingen in 1850 and continued to publish poetry and numerous scholarly works on German sagas and folklore. His poetry has been said to be a blend of Goethe and Schiller, but his style is his own and unique. A number of Uhland's lieder were put to music by Schubert. |
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