Kleist, Arndt, and the Swedish Monarchy.
From: The Modern Language Review
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Date: 1/1/2004
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Author: Hibberd, John
The Swedish items in the Berliner Abendblatter of 1810 are linked with Kleist's hatred of Napoleon and with his thoughts on the fate of Gustav IV. They contain an indirect call for militant action against French imperialism and include a piece by Ernst Moritz Arndt, who admired Gustav the reformer as well as the fanatical opponent of Napoleon and who scorned Adam Muller's backward-looking brand of Prussian patriotism. They reflect, not a rejection of Hardenberg's reform programme, but concern ...
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