Lenore (ballad)
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Lenore, sometimes translated as Leonora, Leonore, or Ellenore, is a poem written by German author Gottfried August Bürger in 1773, and published in 1774 in the Göttinger Musenalmanach. Lenore is gener
Lenore and William riding on horseback, as depicted by Johann David Schubert.
Gottfried August Bürger
The Ballad of Lenore by Horace Vernet, 1839
The Ballad of Lenore
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The Ballad of Lenore is an 1839 oil painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. Distinctly Romantic in style, it is based on the 1770 Gothic ballad Lenore by Gottfried August Bürger. A young woman wa
Lenore (ballad)
…sie ruhn, die Todten ("Leave the dead in peace"), inspired Ernst Raupach's 1822 short story "Laßt die Todten ruhen" ("Let the Dead Rest"). Adaptations The Ballad of Lenore by Horace Vernet, 1839 Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky wrote two free adaptations of Bürger's ballad: Lyudmila (1808), which is considered the first…
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