Michael Kohlhaas

Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist.

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1811 - Novella - Heinrich von Kleist

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The protagonist Michael Kohlhaas of Brandenburg is driven to a rampage by a German noble's mistreatment of his horse and refuses to desist until the horse is nursed back to health. Kohlhaas's wife is fatally wounded while attemping to deliver a letter to officials. This drives him to begin a rampage of burning down German noble's castles. Martin Luther attempts to talk Kohlhaas down.

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Brandenburg - Horse - Martin Luther

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The story was influential on E. L. Doctorow's 1975 novel "Ragtime", which uses similar plot elements and has a protagonist named "Coalhouse Walker".

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E. L. Doctorow - Novel "''Ragtime''"

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