Blonde Eckbert - Golden Eckbert

Japanese: 《金髪のエックベルト》 - きんぱつのえっくべると
Blonde Eckbert - Golden Eckbert

…In a series of original fairy tales that borrowed the form of medieval German folk tales, the main motifs of anxiety, fear, memory, longing, premonitions, and other emotions lurking in the depths of human consciousness are combined with a terrifying natural backdrop, suggesting the fundamental nature of human existence. The lines sung in his masterpiece, The Blonde Eckbert (1797), "Waldeinsamkeit (Walde insamkeit)," became a symbol of German Romanticism. On the other hand, the "romantic irony" shown in the same fairy tale, Tomcat in Boots (1797), speaks of the sober, rational side that is characteristic of early Romanticism. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ドイツの中世民衆童話の形を借りた一連の創作童話の中では,人間の意識の深淵にひそむ不安,恐怖,記憶,あこがれ,予感などの主要モティーフが,戦慄的な自然の背景と結びつき,人間存在の根源的なものが暗示される。代表作《金髪のエックベルト》(1797)の中で歌われる詩句〈森の孤独Waldeinsamkeit〉はドイツ・ロマン派を象徴する語となった。一方,同じ童話的物語《長靴をはいた牡猫》(1797)の中で示される〈ロマン主義的イロニー〉は,初期ロマン派に特有の醒めた理性的側面を物語っている。…

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