Hebbel, Friedrich, lyrist and dramatist, born at Weselburen, Ditmarsh; settled in Vienna in 1846; “Die Nibelungen” is his best play, others are “Judith,” “Maria Magdalena,” &c.; his dramas are vigorous and original, but ill-proportioned, and in the passions they depict abnormal; his works are collected in 12 vols. (1813‒1863).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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