Packet 1: Tossup 5

This writer sits atop a “craggy eminence” above a slanderous multitude in a 1773 essay by Johann Gottfried Herder. In a poem whose full title references this writer, the speaker marks doorposts with blood on his way to Cologne cathedral. A character who embraces (15[1])this author’s works after meeting Jarno escapes a fire (-5[1])set by his friend, a mad old harper. This writer was declared “completely ours” by (*) August Wilhelm Schlegel, (10[1])who with (10[1])Ludwig (10[1])Tieck (10[3])produced (10[2])translations (10[2])of this writer that remain (10[1])standard. Works by this writer (10[1])subtitle both Atta Troll (-5[4])and (-5[1])a (-5[1])long (-5[4])satire (-5[1])inspired (-5[1])by a journey to Hamburg, both by Heinrich (-5[1])Heine. A play by this (10[1])author is the breakout production for Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. For 10 points, (10[1])a play by what author set on the “coast of Bohemia” (10[4])inspired the title of (10[1])Germany: (10[1])A Winter’s Tale? (10[6])■END■ (10[12]0[2])

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