These ancient ceremonial pistols can be dated back to the early Golden Age. A faded inscription reads, “To Sigrun, from Victor.”
Definition/Summary:
Literature
Strum and Drang means “storm and stress”
- Style or movement of German literature circa late 18th century
- Characterized as impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception
- Opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism
- Title of a 1776 romantic drama by German poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752-1831)
- He gave it this name at the suggestion of Christoph Kauffmann
- The play’s original title was Wirrwarr, it was however changed to Sturm und Drang before premiering
- Der Sturm is also the German title of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest