Leonhard Wächter (25 November 1762 — 11 February 1837) was a German writer and historian who often published under the pseudonym Veit Weber.Mendheim, Max (1896). "Wächter, Leonhard". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 40, pp. 428–431. Duncker & Humblot His most well-known work of fiction was ('Legends of the Past'), a seven volume idealized account of Germany in the middle ages. The work influenced several 18th- and early 19th-century Gothic novelists in both Britain and France.Hall, Daniel (2005). French and German Gothic Fiction in the Late Eighteenth Century. pp. 22; 120121; 176; 201. Peter Lang. Bridgwater, Patrick (2013). The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective, pp. 83–114. Rodopi. Price, Lawrence M. (Summer, 1959). "Review: Englische Vorromantik und Deutscher Sturm und Drang. M. G. Lewis' Stellung in der Geschichte der Deutsch-Englischen Literaturbezie-Hungen by Karl S. Guthke". Comparative Literature, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 281-285 According to the Germanist James Taft Hatfield, it also had an influence on Goethe's poem "".Hatfield, James Taft (September 1921). "Goethe's Poem "Im Ernsten Beinhaus"". PMLA, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 429-435
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