Green Henry / Gottfried Keller ; translated from the German by A.M. Holt ; introduction by Gordon A. Craig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Holt, A. M. (A. Maud)

Series:

Tusk ivories

Standardized Title:

Grüne Heinrich. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890--Fiction.

Keller, Gottfried.

Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890.

Bildungsromans.

Autobiographical fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xiv, 706 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003.

Summary:

Green Henry is a vivid and absorbing representation of Gottfried Keller's ideals and philosophy, written in poetic language and a realistic style that documents the emergence of an artist and the development of a man. Partly autobiographical, the narrative recounts the experiences of the title character ("green" after the color of clothing he always wears) through confinement and ostracism at boarding school, apprenticeship with a painter in Munich, his divided affection for two women, and the acceptance of his duty toward his country and fellow citizens. First published in 1855, and substantially revised in 1879, Green Henry is infused with the author's imaginative responsiveness to beauty and deep understanding of the human soul. Admired by Nietzsche (who called Keller "the only living German writer") and included by Harold Bloom in The Western Canon, it is one of the undisputed masterpieces of world literature.

Contents:

1 In Praise of my Origin 3

2 Father and Mother 9

3 Childhood. Elementary Theology. The School Bench 18

4 In Praise of God and of My Mother. Prayer 25

5 Little Meret 31

6 More about God. Dame Margaret and Her People 38

7 More about Dame Margaret 45

8 Childish Misdemeanour 57

9 The Morningtide of School Life 61

10 The Child at Play 67

11 Concerning the Theatre, Gretchen and the Long-tailed Monkey 74

12 The Family of Readers. Time of Lies 83

13 Springtime in Arms. Youthful Debts 91

14 Childish Boasting. Money Troubles 101

15 Peace in Retirement. My First Adversary and his Downfall 108

16 Bungling Teachers and Bad Pupils 116

17 Escape to Mother Nature 124

18 My Kindred 128

19 The New Life 135

20 Ideas of a Vocation 142

21 A Sabbath Idyll. The Schoolmaster and His Child 148

1 The Choice of a Career. My Mother and her Counsellors 161

2 Judith and Anna 167

3 Romance among the Beans 173

4 The Dance of Death 181

5 The Beginning of Work 189

6 The Swindler 201

7 Continuation 208

8 Springtime Again 213

9 War between the Philosopher and the Girls 227

10 The Tribunal in the Arbour 233

11 Religious Difficulties 240

12 The Confirmation Day 253

13 The Carnival Play 261

14 Tell 269

15 Table-Talk 275

16 The Country at Evening 286

17 The Friars 292

18 Judith 300

1 Work and Contemplation 311

2 A Miracle, and a Real Master 317

3 Anna 327

4 Judith 332

5 The Master's Folly, and his Pupil's 339

6 Suffering and Life 349

7 Death and Burial of Anna 356

8 Judith Goes Too 365

9 The Title-deed 371

10 The Skull 379

11 The Artists 404

12 Other People's Love Affairs 422

13 Carnival Again 434

14 A Fight between Fools 454

15 The Whimsy 489

1 The Borghese Gladiator 505

2 Concerning Free Will 513

3 Modes of Living 520

4 The Miracle of the Flute 535

5 The Mysteries of Work 551

6 Dreams of Home 569

7 More Dreams 580

8 The Wandering Skull 591

9 At the Castle 600

10 The Luck Turns 612

11 Dorothea Schonfund 623

12 The Frozen Christian 635

13 The Iron Image 652

14 The Return and an Ave Caesar 675

15 The Course of the World 686

16 God's Table 695.

ISBN:

1585674273

9781585674275

OCLC:

51519666

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