Giant

Japanese: 《巨人》 - きょじん
Giant

…Although he was very popular among upper-class ladies during his lifetime, he did not get along with Goethe and Schiller, and it was not until the 20th century that he finally gained a high reputation. His major works include The Invisible Lodge (1793), The Evening Star (1795), The Marriage, Death, and Wedding of the Poor Lawyer Siebenkes (1796-97), Titan (1800-03), The Impertinent (1804-05), and The Comet (1820-22, unfinished), as well as the short story The Life of Professor Maria Utz (written in 1791), which was published as an appendix to The Invisible Lodge, and the large-scale Introduction to Aesthetics (1804) and Levana, or Education (1807). The name of Mahler's first symphony, The Titan, comes from his novel. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Giant" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…生存中の一時期,上流婦人たちの間で非常な人気を博したこともあったが,ゲーテ,シラーとは相入れず,20世紀になってようやく高い評価を得た。主要作品は,《見えないロッジ》(1793),《宵の明星》(1795),《貧民弁護士ジーベンケースの結婚生活と死と婚礼》(1796‐97),《巨人Titan》(1800‐03),《生意気ざかり》(1804‐05),《彗星》(1820‐22,未完)などのほか,《見えないロッジ》の付録として発表された短編《マリア・ウッツ先生の生涯》(1791執筆)があり,さらに,大部の《美学入門》(1804),《レバーナもしくは教育論》(1807)がある。なおマーラーの第一交響曲《巨人》の名は彼の小説に由来する。…

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