Heinrich Joseph von Collin
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His tragedy ''Regulus'' (1801), written in strict classical form, was received with enthusiasm in Vienna, where literary taste, less advanced than that of northern Germany, was still under the ban of French classicism. But in his later dramas, ''Coriolan'' (1804), ''Polyxena'' (1804), ''Balboa'' (1806), and ''Bianca della Porta'' (1808), he made some attempt to reconcile the pseudo-classic type of tragedy with that of Shakespeare and the German romanticists. As a lyric poet (''Gedichte'', collected 1812), Collin has left a collection of stirring ''Wehrmannslieder'' for the fighters in the cause of Austrian freedom, as well as some excellent ballads (''Kaiser Max auf der Martinswand'', ''Herzog Leupold vor Solothurn'').
His younger brother Matthäus von Collin (1779–1824), was, as editor of the ''Wiener Jahrbücher für Literatur'', an even more potent force in the literary life of Vienna. He was, moreover, in sympathy with the Romantic movement, and intimate with its leaders. His dramas on themes from Austrian national history (''Belas Krieg mit dem Vater'', (1808); ''Der Tod Friedrichs des Streitbaren'', 1813) may be regarded as the immediate precursors of Grillparzer's historical tragedies.
Heinrich's ''Gesammelte Werke'' appeared in 6 vols. (1812–1814); he is the subject of an excellent monograph by F. Laban (1879). See also A. Hauffen, ''Des Drama der klassischen Periode'', ii.2 (1891), where a reprint of ''Regulus'' will be found. ''M. von Collins Dramatische Dichtungen'' were published in 4 vols. (1815-1817); his ''Nachgelassene Schriften'', edited by J. von Hammer, in 2 vols. (1827). A study of his life and work by J. Wihan will be found in ''Euphorion'', Erganzungsheft, v (1901). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1921
Superior document: Archiv für österreichische Geschichte 109,1
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Published: 1809
Superior document: Lieder Oesterreichischer Wehrmänner Erste Abtheilung
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