Hyperion, Chapter 5 summary
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In Chapter 5, Paul Flemming discusses Jean Paul with a German admirer, visits Frauenlob’s tomb, and travels through Bingen to Heidelberg. His journey moves from shared literary enthusiasm and reflections on a stranger’s insignificance to a warm reunion with the Baron of Hohenfels, whose home offers companionship for the winter.
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- At dinner in Mayence, Flemming joins a German gentleman and a pale lady in a discussion of Jean Paul.
- The gentleman praises Jean Paul’s humanity, endurance, imagination, and mixture of comic and serious writing, while Flemming adds his own comparisons.
- A beadle guides Flemming through the cathedral and ruined cloisters, where he sees Frauenlob’s tomb.
- Flemming spends the night in Bingen and discovers that apparent Gothic ruins are merely a roof and chimneys.
- Entering Heidelberg, he reflects on how little an unfamiliar city knows or needs an individual traveler.
- The Baron of Hohenfels warmly welcomes Flemming, and the friends spend the evening exchanging thoughts and experiences.
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