Fouqué

American  

[foo-key] / fuˈkeɪ /

noun

1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte- 1777–1843, German romanticist: poet and novelist.

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Fouqué British  

/ fuˈkeː /

noun

1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈhainrɪç karl), Baron de la Motte. 1777–1843, German romantic writer; author of Undine (1811)

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Example Sentences

From October, 1810, until March, 1811, with the assistance of the popular philosopher Adam Müller and the well-known romantic authors Arnim, Brentano, and Fouqué, he published a politico-literary journal appearing five times a week.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

With exquisite tenderness Fouqué portrays the beautiful character of Undine.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Fouqué was born at Brandenburg, February 12th, 1777, and was a thorough German at heart.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

The Preface and Introductions are reprinted in the second volume of Carlyle's Collected Works: the Specimens translated from Hoffmann and La Motte Fouqué, have not been reprinted.

From On the Choice of Books by Carlyle, Thomas

Like Fouqué, Digby was inspired by the ideal of knighthood, but he emphasises not so much the gallantry of the knight-errant as his religious character as the champion of Holy Church.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)