Sturm+und+Drang

  • 11Sturm und Drang — [shtoorm′ oont dräŋ′] n. [Ger < Wirrwarr, oder Sturm und Drang, lit., Confusion, or Storm and Stress, play by F. M. v. Klinger (1752 1831), Ger dramatist] an early romantic movement in 18th cent. German literature and music …

    English World dictionary

  • 12Sturm und Drang — 1844, lit. storm and stress, late 18c. Ger. romanticism period, is taken from the title of a 1776 romantic drama by Ger. poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752 1831), who gave it this name at the suggestion of Christoph Kauffmann …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13Sturm und Drang — Geniezeit * * * Stụrm und Drạng, der; [e]s u. [nach dem neuen Titel des Dramas »Wirrwarr« des dt. Dramatikers F. M. Klinger (1752–1831)] (Literaturwiss.): gegen die einseitig verstandesmäßige Haltung der Aufklärung revoltierende, durch… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 14Sturm und Drang — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sturm und Drang (homonymie). Sturm und Drang (« Tempête et poussée » en français) est un mouvement à la fois politique et littéraire allemand de la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Il correspond à …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 15Sturm und Drang — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, uno de los principales exponentes del Sturm und Drang. El Sturm und Drang (en español: tempestad e ímpetu) fue un movimiento literario (aunque también tuvo sus manifestaciones en la música y las artes visuales)… …

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  • 16Sturm und Drang — /shtoorddm oont drddahng / 1. a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to… …

    Universalium

  • 17Sturm und Drang —    1) (Storm and Stress)    A term denoting a tendency among young playwrights; as a cultural movement, its name derives from the title of Friedrich Klinger s 1777 play Sturm und Drang. The most significant playwright of the Storm and Stress… …

    Historical dictionary of German Theatre

  • 18Sturm und Drang — noun Etymology: German, literally, storm and stress, from Sturm und Drang (1776), drama by Friedrich von Klinger died 1831 German novelist and dramatist Date: 1845 1. a late 18th century German literary movement characterized by works containing… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19Sturm und Drang —    (shtoorm unt DRAHNG) [German: storm and stress] Used to characterize the turbulent period of a young man’s life when childhood is past and manhood has not quite been achieved. Originally, used to describe the emotional life of the main… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 20Sturm und Drang — /ˈʃtʊəm ʊnt ˈdraŋ/ (say shtoouhm oont drahng) noun 1. a period in German literature, about 1770–90, marked by young writers claiming importance for feeling and intuition against the prevailing rationalism. 2. (often lower case) tempestuous… …