Jeremias Gotthelf

Die Schwarze Spinne (eBook, PDF)

The Black Spider
Übersetzer: Hughes, Jolyon Timothy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Die Schwarze Spinne is a religious allegory about morals and religious living in the mid-nineteenth century, written by Jeremias Gotthelf. This work is an interlinear translation of Gotthelf's Die Schwarze Spinne with introductions to both the author and the work itself. In a small Swiss community, a baptism is the backdrop for a village elder to tell the story of his family and their life and death struggle with the devil himself. The elder relates the story of a knight and his ill treatment of the farmers of the area. The knight's inhuman demands upon the peasants bring about unforeseen consequences, which lead to the decimation of the village and, ultimately, the knight's own death. The plague released through a pact with the devil, the black spider, haunts the village for hundreds of years and must be fought with religious piety, courage, and devotion to traditional values. It is when one forgets God and his commandments that the black spider is at its most deadly. A true tale of morality written by a pastor in 1842, The Black Spider serves as a warning to those who, according to Gotthelf, go against the will of God.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761881490
• Artikelnr.: 75138083

Autorenporträt

Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854) was born Albert Bitzius in what was then the Swiss Canton of Bern. He studied at the Theological Academy in Bern and was ordained in 1820, after which he worked for his father, a pastor, as curate in Utzenstorf for a year. In 1821, he traveled to Germany and spent time at the university in Göttingen before returning to the position of curate. In 1832, Bitzius became a pastor in Lützelflüh. Bitzius adopted the pseudonym of Jeremias Gotthelf, under which he began to write fiction as an outgrowth of his sermons.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The Author - Jeremias Gotthelf
Chapter 3 The Black Spider - Introduction to the Work
Chapter 4 Map of Switzerland
Chapter 5 Map of the Emmen Valley
Chapter 6 Die Shwarze Spinne - Die Taufe
Chapter 7 The Black Spider - The Baptism
Chapter 8 Die Geschichte Beginnt
Chapter 9 The Story Begins
Chapter 10 Spinnenangst
Chapter 11 Fear of the Spider
Chapter 12 Die Geschichte Geht Weiter
Chapter 13 The Story Continues
Chapter 14 Notes on the Translation