JENS EMMANUEL BAGGE`SEN

JENS EMMANUEL BAGGE`SEN (1764-1826), a Danish poet, travelled a good deal, wrote mostly in German, in which he was quite at home; his chief works, a pastoral epic, "Parthenais oder die Alpenreise," and a mock epic, "Adam and Eve"; his minor pieces are numerous and popular, though from his egotism and irritability he was personally unpopular.