Adel und Untergang
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- In Josef Weinheber
…but he achieved fame with Adel und Untergang (1932, enlarged 1934; “Nobleness and Extinction”), a sonnet sequence using the repeated, interlocking lines of terza rima. Späte Krone (1936; “Belated Crown”) indicated his feelings about his late success; in it he used his key imagery of night and dark forces.
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