Sturm und Drang tragedy "Julius of Tarent"
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Sturm und Drang tragedy "Julius of Tarent" is an 18th-century German play by Johann Anton Leisewitz that dramatizes the psychological and political conflicts between two princely brothers in a highly emotional, proto-Romantic style.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Julius of Tarent | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German literary work
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Sturm und Drang work ⓘ play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| author | Johann Anton Leisewitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| explores |
dynastic politics
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individual subjectivity ⓘ tension between duty and feeling ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance |
anticipates themes of German Romantic drama
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important example of Sturm und Drang tragedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Shakespearean tragedy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Sturm und Drang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | two princely brothers ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
fraternal rivalry
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political conflict ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ |
| movementContext | early German Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner emotional life of characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| setting | Italian principality of Tarent ⓘ |
| style | proto-Romantic ⓘ |
| tone | highly emotional ⓘ |
| workOf | Johann Anton Leisewitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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