Lichtenstein (novel)

Lichtenstein is a novel by Wilhelm Hauff from 1826. Along side his tales as his greatest literary success. This Hauff counts with the now largely forgotten Benedikte Naubert of the founders of the historical novel in Germany.

Content

How Benedikte Naubert and after her Walter Scott chose Hauff an invented historical minor character, Georg Sturm spring, which bears the name of the Lords of Sturmfeder to her the story of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg and his struggle against the Swabian League under George Steward of Waldburg- Zeil - write the negative film for Georg von Frundsberg very well illustrated - to represent. This Hauff idealized the historic Duke Ulrich to an internally displaced persons, which, in his hour of need by the people, symbolized by the Piper of Hardt, is helped back to his right, while the historic Duke through its excise taxes on meat, wine and fruit the peasant revolt Armer Konrad 1514 provoked and had knocked down by just the Steward of Waldburg- Zeil, who fought him now.

The positive view of the Duke is achieved in that the novel is told from the perspective of Georg Sturm Feder, who is moving to the supporters of the Duke because of his love for the Duke faithful Marie von Lichtenstein from the Swabian League. For all the romantic transfiguration Hauff indicated course to the questionable nature of the rule Ulrichs. For the faithful Piper of Hardt falls at the end of the book in an attempt to secure the escape of the Duke. And the woman Piper featured earlier his attitude: " ... if there 's war, it remains gwiß et out; do can braucha mer'n, but in Frieda Noi, do he thinks with grauße is Herra 's guet et Kirscha fressa. "

Quotes

From the Preface

" The Sage, bringing employ the following leaves, belongs to that part of southern Germany, which propagates between the mountains of the Alps and the Black Forest. The former of these mountains includes, from northeast to the south in various width, stretching in a long chain of mountains of this country, the Black Forest but extends from the sources of the Danube as far over to the Rhine and, with its blackish fir forests a dark background for the beautiful, fertile, wine rich landscape that flows through the Neckar, at its foot spread and Württemberg called. "

Chapter 13

" From that mountain ridge, where George had made ​​the decision to follow his mysterious leader, there were two ways in the area of Reutlingen, where Mary Berg castle of Lichtenstein was. One was the open highway leading from Ulm to Tübingen. Leads you through the beautiful Blautal until you come near Blaubeuren back to the foot of the Alps, and from there across this mountain, past the festivals Hohen- Urach, against St. Johann and Pfullingen out. This path was otherwise for travelers, the horses, palanquins or carriages carried with them, the more comfortable. But in those days, where George went to the Piper of Hardt over the mountains, it was not advisable to select it. The German troops had already occupied Blaubeuren, their posts stretched over the street to go to Urach and proceeded against anyone who did not belong to the army or known to them, with great severity and bitterness. George had his reasons not to choose this road, and its leader was considered too much for his own safety, as he would have discouraged the young man of this decision.

The other way, is actually a foot-path, and only the inhabitants of the land known exactly touched on a range of nearly twelve hours, only some single standing houses, backed by dense forests and mountain gorges, and had, even though he now and then to the to avoid highways, a bow made ​​, and for horses was tiring and often almost inaccessible, but the great advantage of security. "

For interpretation of the references

To distinguish his patriotic idealization of the Duke of a historical narrative, Hauff speaks of a legend. In the second quote is clear how much it matters to him to producing local references. In addition, a misleading Epic foreshadowing can be seen, because in this way the security Sturmfeder soon - confused with the Duke - are attacked and seriously injured, which offers the opportunity to work with his wife and daughter Piper Hardt ordinary people with literal speeches in Swabian dialect introduce.