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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ( 11 October 1825 – 28 Nov 1898 ) was a Swiss people poet and
historical novelist , a master of literary naive realism who is mainly remembered for stirring
narrative ballads like `` Die Fü ße im Feuer '' ( The foot in the Fire ) .== life history == Meyer
was born in Zü rich .His founding father , who died early , was a national leader and
historian , while his mother was a highly cultured woman .Throughout his puerility two
traits were observed that later characterized the man and the poet : he had a most
scrupulous compliments for neatness and cleanliness , and he lived and experienced more
deeply in memory than in the prompt nowadays .He suffered from round of genial illness ,
sometimes requiring hospitalization insurance ; his mother , similarly but more severely
afflicted , killed herself .Having finished the middle school , he took up the bailiwick of law of
nature , but chronicle and the humanities were of bully involvement to him .He went for
considerable periods to Lausanne , Geneva , Paris , and Italy , where he interested himself in
historical research .The two historians who influenced Meyer particularly were Joseph
Louis Barrow Vulliemin at Lausanne and Jacob Burckhardt at Basel , whose rule book on the
Culture of the Renaissance stimulated his mental imagery and pursuit .From his travels in
France and Italian Republic ( 1857 ) Meyer derived a good deal stirring for the settings and
eccentric of his historic novels .In 1875 , he settled at Kilchberg , above Zü rich .Meyer found
his calling only late in biography ; for many years , being practically bilingual , he wavered
between Daniel Chester French and German .The Franco-Prussian war brought the net
conclusion .In Meyer 's novels , a big crisis often releases latent vigor and precipitates a
catastrophe .In the like manner , his own life which before the war had been one of
dreaming and experimenting , was stirred to the very depths by the events of 1870 .Meyer
identified himself with the German cause , and as a manifesto of his sympathy published the
small epos Hutten 's last day in 1871 .After that his work appeared in speedy succession .In
1880 , he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich .He died in his
household in Kilchberg on 28 November 1898 , aged 73 .== Works == His works were
collected into eight volume in 1912 .=== Novels === The full stop of the Renascence and
Counter Reformation furnished the content for nearly of his novels .Most of his plots
outpouring from the deeper difference between freedom and fate and culminate in a
dramatic crisis in which the hero , in the nerve of a enceinte enticement , loses his lesson
freedom and is forced to action the eminent law of destiny .1876 Jü rg Jenatsch –
Graubü nden , Thirty Years War , a story of Switzerland in the 17th 100 through the conflict
between Spain-Austria and France .The hero is a Protestant minister and fiend patriot who ,
in his determination to preserve the independence of his niggling body politic , does not
shrink from slaying and treason and in whom noble and foot motives are strangely
blended .1891 Angela Borgia – Italian Renaissance === novella === Meyer 's principal
works are historic novelette : 1873 Das Amulett ( The amulet ) – France during the St.
Bartholomew 's solar day Massacre 1878 Der Schuss von der Kanzel ( The Shot from the
Pulpit ) – Suisse 1879 Der Heilige ( The angel ) – doubting Thomas St. Thomas a Becket ,
Middle Ages , England 1881 genus Plautus im Nonnenkloster ( Plautus in the Nunnery ) –
Renaissance , Swiss Confederation 1882 Gustav Adolfs pageboy ( Gustav Adolf 's Page ) –
Thirty Years ' War 1883 hyrax Leiden eines Knaben ( The Suffering of a boy ) - France
during reign of Louis XIV 1884 Die Hochzeit des Mö nchs ( The wedding of the Monk ) – Italy
, Dante himself is introduced at the royal court of Cangrande in Verona as teller of the
unknown adventure of a monk who , after the death of his chum , is forced by his Padre to
break his vows but who , instead of marrying the widow , falls in dearest with another
young girl and runs blindly to his circumstances .1885 Die Richterin ( The Judge ) –
Carlovingian time , Grisons , introduces Charlemagne and his palace school 1887 dice
Versuchung des Pescara ( The Temptation of Pescara ) – Renaissance , Italy – tells of the
great crisis in the life of Fernando d'Á valos , general of Charles the Bald V and husband of
Victoria Colonna === Lyrics === 1867 Balladen 1870 Romanzen und Bilder ( Latinian
language and pictures ) 1872 Huttens letzte Tage ( Hutten 's Last daytime ) – a short epic
poem poem 1873 Engelberg 1882 Gedichte ( Poems ) === legacy === It is as a master key of
narrative ballads , often on historical composition , that Meyer is mostly remembered .His
fabrication also typically focuses on key diachronic moments from the Middle eld , the
Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation .Meyer 's language verse line is almost
entirely the product of his belated old age .He frequently celebrated human handwork ,
especially works of artistic production .Eternal City and the monolithic study of
Michelangelo were among decisive experiences in his life .