Samuel Gotthold Lange (born 22 March 1711 in

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; died 25 June 1781 in Beesenlaublingen, Bernburg district) was a German writer.

Biography

He was the son of the

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Joachim Lange. He studied

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, and there became acquainted with Pyra, with whom he wrote ''Thyrsis' und Damons freundschaftliche Lieder'' (1745), attacked

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, whom they had both ardently followed before, and opposed the use of rhyme in poetry. His strongest claim to fame is the feeble version of Horace's ''Odes'' (1752), which

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criticised and, when roused by Lange's fling that the critic's works because of their small format were only ‘Vademecums,’ overpowered with the brilliancy of his ''Vade Mecum für Lange'' (1754).

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* 1711 births 1781 deaths University of Halle alumni German poets German male poets {{Germany-writer-stub