Atta Troll

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Atta Troll is a satirical narrative poem by Heinrich Heine that humorously critiques politics, society, and Romantic idealism through the story of a dancing bear.

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instanceOf narrative poem
satirical poem
work of literature
alludesTo A Midsummer Night's Dream
surface form: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
author Heinrich Heine
countryOfOrigin Germany
featuresCharacter Heinrich Heine (narrator-character)
firstPublicationDate 1843
form verse
genre narrative poetry
political satire
satire
hasCharacterType gypsies
poet-narrator
revolutionary bear
talking animals
hasTheme critique of Romantic idealism
disillusionment with politics
freedom
human versus animal nature
relationship between art and politics
revolution
utopianism
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Atta Troll. Ein Sommernachtstraum
influenced later political satire in German literature
literaryMovement Romanticism
literaryPeriod Vormärz
literaryStatus classic of German literature
literaryTechnique irony
parody
self-reflexive narration
mainCharacter Atta Troll self-link
dancing bear
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
originalLanguage German
partOf Heinrich Heine's late works
publicationPlace Germany
satirizes German liberalism
Romantic idealism
literary Romanticism
politics
radical politics of the 1840s
society
setting France
Pyrenees
Spain
structure cantos
targetAudience adult readers

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Heinrich Heine notableWork Atta Troll
Atta Troll mainCharacter Atta Troll self-link