In
his _GesprAeche_ (Biedermann. V, 270; VI, 198-99) there are
two references to Loeben by Goethe; they are favorable but
noncommittal as to his poetic ability.
[10] Cf. _Die TagebUecher des GrAefen von Platen_, Stuttgart, 1900.
Under date of August 14, 1824, Platen wrote: "Es enthAelt viele
gute Bemerkungen, wiewohl diese Art Prosa nicht nach meinem Sinne
ist." The reference is to Loeben's commentary to Madame de Staels
_De l'Allemayne._
[11] Cf. _Heinrick von Kleists Berliner KAempfe_, Berlin, 1901, pp.
490-96. The story in question is "Die furchtbare Einladung."
[12] Cf. _Herm. Anders KrUeger, _Pseudoromantik. Friedrich Kind und der
Dresdener Liederkreis._ Leipzig. 1904. pp. 144-48. KrUeger also
discusses Loeben in his _Der junge Eichendorff._ Leipzig. 1904.
pp. 88 and 128.
[13] Cf. Fouque, Apel. Miltitz. _BeitrAege zur Geschichte der deutschen
Romantik_, Leipzig,1908. In a letter to his brother. Fouque wrote
(January 6, 1813): "Ein Dichter, meine ich, ist er allerdings, ein
von Gott dazu bestimmter." Fouque, however, realized Loeben's many
weaknesses as a poet, though at Loeben's death he wrote a poem on
him praising him as the master of verse technique.
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