Background
She was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, as the daughter of Ludwig Tieck, and collaborated with her father and his Romantic literary circle, including August Wilhelm Schlegel and Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin.
She was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, as the daughter of Ludwig Tieck, and collaborated with her father and his Romantic literary circle, including August Wilhelm Schlegel and Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin.
She completed the translation of Shakespeare"s works her father had begun with Schlegel and Baudissin, and worked also on Miguel de Cervantes and other Spanish writers. Her translation of Macbeth is particularly noted and has frequently been republished alone. Her translation of one of the play"s best-known speeches follows:.