Round 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 this author’s works after meeting Jarno escapes a fire set by his friend, a mad old harper. This writer was declared “completely ours” by (*) August Wilhelm Schlegel, (10[1])who with Ludwig Tieck produced translations of this writer that remain standard. Works by this writer subtitle both Atta Troll and a (-5[1])long satire inspired by a journey to Hamburg, both by Heinrich Heine. A play by this author is the breakout production for Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. For 10 points, a play by what author set on the “coast of Bohemia” inspired the title of Germany: A Winter’s Tale? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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