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klopstock, friedrich gottlieb

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Klop·stock   (klŏp'stŏk', klôp'shtôk')   
German poet whose unrhymed classically structured works, notably the epic The Messiah (1748-1773), influenced Goethe and the development of German literature.
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Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb

German epic and lyric poet whose subjective vision marked a break with the rationalism that had dominated German literature in the early 18th century.

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