Leonhard Wächter (25 November 1762 — 11 February 1837) was a German writer and historian who often published under the pseudonym Veit Weber. His most well-known work of fiction was ('Legends of the Past'), a seven volume idealized account of Germany in the middle ages. The work influenced several 18th- and early 19th-century

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ists in both Britain and France.Hall, Daniel (2005)
and German Gothic Fiction in the Late Eighteenth Century''
pp. 22; 120121; 176; 201. Peter Lang. Bridgwater, Patrick (2013)
''The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective''
pp. 83–114. Rodopi. According to the Germanist

James Taft Hatfield James Taft Hatfield (15 June 1862 – 3 October 1945) was an American philologist and professor at Northwestern University where for many years he was the head of the German Department. Although he also published works on comparative linguistics, S ...

, it also had an influence on

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's poem "".Hatfield, James Taft (September 1921)
"Goethe's Poem "Im Ernsten Beinhaus""
'' PMLA'', Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 429-435

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