Editing Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (section)

==Works==
His works were collected into eight volumes in 1912.

===Novels===
The periods of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Counter Reformation]] furnished the subjects for most of his novels. Most of his plots spring from the deeper conflict between freedom and fate and culminate in a dramatic crisis in which the hero, in the face of a great temptation, loses his moral freedom and is forced to fulfill the higher law of destiny.<ref name=Americana/>

* 1876 ''Jürg Jenatsch'' – [[Graubünden]], [[Thirty Years' War]], a story of Switzerland in the 17th century<ref name=Collier's>{{Collier's|wstitle=Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand|year=1921|inline=1}}</ref> through the conflict between Spain-Austria and France. The hero is a Protestant minister and fanatic patriot who, in his determination to preserve the independence of his little country, does not shrink from murder and treason and in whom noble and base motives are strangely blended.<ref name=Americana/>
* 1891 ''Angela Borgia'' – [[Italian Renaissance]]

===Novellas===
Meyer's main works are historical novellas:
* 1873 ''Das Amulett'' (The Amulet) – France during the [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre]]
* 1878 ''Der Schuss von der Kanzel'' (The Shot from the Pulpit) – Switzerland<ref name=Americana/>
* 1879 ''[[Der Heilige]]'' (The Saint) – [[Thomas Becket]], Middle Ages, England
* 1881 ''Plautus im Nonnenkloster'' (Plautus in the Nunnery) – Renaissance, Switzerland
* 1882 ''Gustav Adolfs Page'' ([[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustav Adolf]]'s Page) – Thirty Years' War
* 1883 ''Das Leiden eines Knaben'' (The Suffering of a Boy) - France during reign of [[Louis XIV]]
* 1884 ''Die Hochzeit des Mönchs'' (The Wedding of the Monk) – Italy, [[Dante]] himself is introduced at the court of Cangrande in Verona as narrator of the strange adventure of a monk who, after the death of his brother, is forced by his father to break his vows but who, instead of marrying the widow, falls in love with another young girl and runs blindly to his fate.<ref name=Americana/>
* 1885 ''Die Richterin'' (The Judge) – Carolingian time, Grisons, introduces [[Charlemagne]] and his palace school<ref name=Americana/>
* 1887 ''Die Versuchung des Pescara'' (The Temptation of Pescara) – Renaissance, Italy – tells of the great crisis in the life of [[Fernando d'Ávalos]], general of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and husband of [[Victoria Colonna]]<ref name=Americana>{{Americana|wstitle=Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand |year=1920 |first=Ewald A. |last=Boucke|inline=1}}</ref>

===Lyrics===
* 1867 ''Balladen''
* 1870 ''Romanzen und Bilder'' (Romances and pictures)
* 1872 ''Huttens letzte Tage'' ([[Ulrich von Hutten|Hutten's]] Last Days) – a short epic poem
* 1873 ''Engelberg''
* 1882 ''Gedichte'' (Poems)

===Legacy===

It is as a master of narrative [[ballads]], often on historical themes, that Meyer is mostly remembered. His fiction also typically focuses on key historical moments from the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Reformation]] and [[Counter-Reformation]].

Meyer's lyric verse is almost entirely the product of his later years.<ref name=Burns>Friedrich Burns, ed., [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8565 ''A Book of German Lyrics''] (Project Gutenberg). {{PD-notice}}</ref> He frequently celebrated human handiwork, especially works of art. [[Rome]] and the monumental work of [[Michelangelo]] were among decisive experiences in his life.