The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Heinse, Wilhelm
(vl´hlm hn´s) (KEY) , 17461803, German novelist. His principal novels, Ardinghello; or, An Artists Rambles in Sicily (1787, tr. 1839) and Hildegard von Hohenthal (179596), typify elements of Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress).