Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales (eBook)

Hermynia Zur Muhlen (Autor)

Jack Zipes (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
216 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20126-9 (ISBN)

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A collection of radical political fairy tales-some in English for the first time-from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia Zur Muhlen (1883-1951), one of the twentieth century's great political writers, was not seemingly destined for a revolutionary, unconventional literary career. Born in Vienna to an aristocratic Catholic family, Zur Muhlen married an Estonian count. But she rebelled, leaving her upper-class life to be with the Hungarian writer and Communist Stefan Klein, and supporting herself through translations and publications. Altogether, Zur Muhlen wrote thirty novels, mysteries, and story collections, and translated around 150 works, including those of Upton Sinclair, John Galsworthy, and Edna Ferber. A wonderful new addition to the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales series, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales presents English readers with a selection of Zur Muhlen's best political fairy tales, some translated from German for the first time.In contrast to the classical tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Zur Muhlen's candid, forthright stories focus on social justice and the plight of the working class, with innovative plots intended to raise the political consciousness of readers young and old. For example, in "e;The Glasses,"e; readers are encouraged to rip off the glasses that deceive them, while in "e;The Carriage Horse,"e; horses organize a union to resist their working and living conditions. In "e;The Broom,"e; a young worker learns how to sweep away injustice.With an informative introduction by Jack Zipes and period illustrations by George Grosz, John Heartfield, Heinrich Vogeler, and Karl Holtz, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales revives the legacy of a notable female artist whose literary and political work remains relevant in our own time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.4.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
• Reihe/Serie: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
• Übersetzer: Jack Zipes
• Zusatzinfo: 17 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Ali, der Teppichweber • Ali, the Carpet Weaver • An den Ufern des Hudsons • Andrei Codrescu • Animal stall • aristocracy • Art Nouveau • A. S. Byatt • Battlement • bilge • black hair • Bourgeoisie • Bratislava • Charles Perrault • Children’s books • Children's literature • Children’s literature • communism • cruelty • cultural movement • czechoslovakia • Dear Husband • deathbed • delicacy • Der junge Genosse • Die blaue Strahl • Die rote Fahne • Die Söhne der Aischa • Die weiße Pest • dowry • Edwin Hoernle • Ein Jahr im Schatten • enthusiasm • Es war enimal, und es wird sein • E.T.A. Hoffmann • Etiquette • Fables • Fairy tale • fairytale fantasy • Fertilizer • Fire glass • fodder • Folklore • folklorist • forehead • Fresh water • Generosity • George Grosz • Grosz • handkerchief • handshake • His Family • human body • Hurrying • hypocrisy • Ideology • Illustration • Illustrator • Im Schatten des elektrischen Stuhls • In the Shadow of the Electric Chair • John Heartfield • kerchief • kindness • Kurt Schwitters • Lafcadio Hearn • Lawrence Desberry • left-wing literature • Lewis Seifert • LINA • Lionel Gossman • Lisa Tetzner • Literature • Little Allies • Little Red Riding Hood • Malik Verlag • mansion • Marina Warner • meal • Michael Rosen • Modesty • Morality • Mussel • My Child • Naomi Mitcheson • narrative • Nazism • new society • newspaper • Nora Has a Great Idea • Nora hat eine famose Idee • Novel • Once Upon a Time, It Will Be • One Year in Shadows • On the Bank of the Hudson River • Oppression • Oskar Maria Graf • Our Daughters, the Nazis • oven • Ox • Oxford University Press • Pearl necklace (sexuality) • pessimism • Philip Pullman • Photomontage • Political Consciousness • Politics • Pseudonym • Publication • Publishing • Religion • residence • sadness • Said, der Träumer • Said, the Dreamer • salary • Schupomann Karl Müller • sensibility • Shirt • socialist literature • Soil • Stefan Klein • Stephen Millhauser • Stone Spring • The Blue Ray • The Fourth Pig • the monastery • The Other Hand • The Peasants • The Red Flag • The Sons of Aiescha • The White Plague • The Young Comrade • Traugott Lehmann • tree stand • Trickster • Tuberculosis • Uncanny Stories (magazine) • Unsere Töchter, die Nazinen • Upper Class • Upton Sinclair • Vegetable • water bottle • Watering can • Wealth • Weimar era • Weimar Germany • Weimar literature • What Little Peter’s Friends Tell Him • Workers’ Tales • working-class literature • World War I • Writer • Writing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20126-9 / 0691201269
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20126-9 / 9780691201269