02019cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500320015626400510018830000470023933600260028633700260031233800360033850000310037450800570040552011310046253400450159365300480163885600430168614912UtSlPG20260610133341.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPT1 aBürger, Gottfried August,d1747-179410aLénore et autres ballades 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-02-05  aThis Etext was prepared by Ebooks libres et gratuits  a"Lénore et autres ballades" by Gottfried August Bürger is a collection of poetic narratives and ballads written during the late 18th century, a time of Romanticism. The primary focus of the book centers around themes of love, loss, and the supernatural, with "Lénore" being the most prominent piece, exploring the haunting relationship between a woman and her undead lover.  The central story, "Lénore," recounts the anguish of a young woman mourning her fiancé, Wilhelm, who has gone off to war and seemingly died. As she spirals into despair, she is visited by a ghostly figure of Wilhelm, who takes her away on a spectral horse, leading her into a night filled with dark and eerie symbols of death and fate. Other ballads in the collection explore various facets of human emotions and experiences, such as betrayal, innocence lost, and the struggle between love and societal expectations. Each tale echoes Bürger's fascination with the macabre and the emotional depth of his characters, making the work a significant contribution to German literature of the period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aBallads, German -- Translations into French40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14912