“ Notable among these are Die Gemälde, Die Reisenden, Die Verlobung, Des Lebens Überfluss. More ambitious and on a wider canvas are the historical or semi-historical novels, Dichterleben (1826) , Der Aufruhr in den Cevennen (1826, unfinished) , Der Tod des Dichters (1834) ; Der junge Tischlermeister (1836; but begun in 1811) is an excellent story written under the influence of Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister ”

“ TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG (1773–1853) , German poet, novelist and critic, was born in Berlin on the 31st of May 1773, his father being a rope-maker. He was educated at the Friedrich-Werdersche Gymnasium, and at the universities of Halle, Göttingen and Erlangen. At Göttingen Shakespeare and the Elizabethan drama were the chief subjects of his study. In 1794 he returned to Berlin, resolved to make a living by his pen. ”