Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 creator Manninen, Otto 1872-1950 text utu 2026 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll in hexameters, which was first published in 1782–1784. Goethe's work is set around 1792 at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, when French forces under General Custine invaded and briefly occupied parts of the Palatinate. The hexameters of the nine cantos are at times irregular. With the poem as his source, Robert Schumann composed an overture in B minor entitled Hermann and Dorothea, his Op. 136. The overture dates from 1851. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_and_Dorothea Release date is 2026-02-11 Tapio Riikonen Originally published: Helsinki: Otava, 1929 Epic poetry, German Love poetry, German German poetry -- Translations into Finnish PT Helsinki: Otava, 1929 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77913 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77913 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134815.0 77913