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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1790–1862)

Zedlitz, Baron Joseph Christian von (tsed’lits). An Austrian lyrical poet and dramatic writer; born at Johannisburg in Austrian Silesia, 1790; died in Vienna, 1862. Among his best dramatic writings are: the tragedies ‘Two Nights in Valladolid’ (1825), ‘The Star of Seville’ (1830); and the drama ‘Prison and Crown’ (1834), treating of the last days of Tasso’s life. Of poems, he published a collection, ‘Wreaths for the Dead’; a celebrated ballad, ‘The Nightly Review’; and poetical tales.