Storm is considered to be one of the most important authors of 19thcentury german literary realism. Hans theodor woldsen storm 14 september 1817 4 july 1888, commonly known as theodor storm, was a german writer. Today i can only take it as a historical portrayal of a moment in time. It is his last complete work, first published in 1888, the year of his death. A traveler along the coast of the north sea is caught in dangerously rough weather. The rider on the white horse begins as a ghost story. This annotated reading edition is a tastefully presented and advantageously priced bibliophile compilation of main text, background materials, and interpretive suggestions that consolidates in readerfriendly fashion the fruits of gerd eversbergs work on theodor storm s compelling 1888 novella, most recently the historicalcritical edition hereafter, hke, 1 as well as the numerous. He also wrote a number of stories, poems and novellas. A prominent representative of poeticor, bourgeoisrealism, storm authored over. Other published hans theodor woldsen storm 1817 1888 was a german poet and author.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Storm, theodor 18171888 born hans theodor woldsen storm german novella writer, poet, and fairy tale writer. The translations are all based on the standard critical edition of storm s works by karl ernst laage and dieter lohmeier. Hauke haien is a studious young man enthralled with his fathers copy of euclid, the greek mathematician. Theodor storm storm, theodor, 18171888 a wikipedia article about this author is available storm, theodor, 18171888, contrib german prose composition, based on storm s immensee new york. Like friedrich hebbel theodor storm was a child of the north sea plain, but, whilst in hebbels verse there is hardly any direct reference to his native landscape, storm again and again revisits the chaste beauty of its expansive mudflats, menacing sea and barren pastures and whilst hebbel could find a home away from his native heath storm clung to it with what may be called a. When storm was born, schleswig and holstein were independent duchies, ruled by the king of denmark. Denis jacksons new translation, the first for many years, sets out to recreate the full impact of theodor storm s masterpiece a task in which no previous english version has succeeded. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of german realism life. The novella is storms best remembered and most widely read work, and. Theodor storm has 399 books on goodreads with 15190 ratings.
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