Summary
"Because he was so endowed with strength and passion, Wedekind had to fight a lot. His nature called for that fight; the world, which often stood in his way, finally came out to meet him."
- Heinrich Mann
"His realism leaves such a strong impression, but not as a real experience but more like a wild dream... Everything is there: philosophy and grotesque, colportage and psychology; some scenes could be from Shakespeare, and some from English melodrama... By his very nature, Wedekind is a demonic caricaturist like Daumier... The general characteristic of all his characters is a gruesome doom, they are all hommes-machines, thrashing mechanisms, which are extremely poignant and suggestive."
- Egon Friedell
"The most beautiful thing about him was his vitality... Along with Strindberg and Tolstoy, he was one of the greatest educators of the new Europe."
- Bertolt Brecht
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