nachleben

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noun

Alternative letter-case form of Nachleben.

noun

The "afterlife" or "post-life" of an author, work, culture, etc, in the sense of the author's posthumous published work or reputation, the culture's influence, etc.

"Despite the recent appearance of several excellent studies of Chaucer's nachleben over the last two centuries […]"
"For a Nachleben of the Satyrica which has been potent for many centuries we must look first to writers in Italy and France: […]"

From German Nachleben (“afterlife”).

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