Der gestiefelte Kater

by Ludwig Tieck

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The story about the third and youngest son of a miller who receives two boots as his inheritance -- and that son is, strangely, a cat.

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This drama is a parody firstly of the theatre as such and of the fairytale "Puss in Boots" in particular and secondly of the audience in the 19th century. At first glance the reader is surprised by the unusual opening which is the talking audience. The special about the public is, that the men are mostly ordinary craftsmen like blacksmith or carpenter and talk about theatre and the drama especially like they were highly academic educated literary scholars. They are interrupting the play all the time and so the author is totally distracted and dispaired.
The fairytale as such is pretty usual, it is in almost the same manner as it is known from Grimm's Children's and Household Tales, but it becomes more and more different in the ongoing of show more the presentation because of the interruptions from the audience and the improvising of actors and author as well to satisfy the public.
I enjoyed it very well although at the beginning I was very sceptic because it was so different from all dramas I know. It is very recommandable for all who like to read something different from what they are used to or like parodies.
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Under det tidiga 1800-talet rådde inget tvivel om var den litterära fronten fanns. Det pågick en högröstad kamp mellan den unga litteraturen och den gamla skolan, som med centrum i kretsarna kring Svenska Akademien höll fast vid klassicismens förlegade stilideal.

Ett viktigt led i denna estetiska krigsföring var satiren. Ludwig Tieck, en centralgestalt i den tyska romantiken, skrev dramat Mästerkatten eller Katten i Stöflor (Der Gestiefelte Kater, 1797) för att driva med samtidens smak för platta moraliteter, sentimentala familjetavlor och spektakulära specialeffekter utan djup (nog så aktuellt än i dag!). Det översattes 1812 av Clas Livijn, den mest envetne oppositionelle bland de svenska romantikerna, som även show more försvenskade satiren så att den drabbade den svenska kulturelitens mörkerkrafter.

Att Ellerströms nu återutger Mästerkatten är en kulturgärning av stora mått. Här möter vi den romantiska ironins alltomstörtande kraft, en frisk fläkt från en svunnen tid då det litterära klimatet inte präglades av den menlösa ljumhet som för tillfället är rådande. Läs och inspireras av litteraturhistoriens första betydande avantgarde.

Välan, till kamp!
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While many representatives of the romantic movement in Germany led short, troubled lives, often burning themselves out in a period of frenzied creativity, the robust Ludwig Tieck lived to become a patriarch of German letters. He not only wrote in a vast variety of forms, but also acted as a publicist for his more temperamental friends such as show more Wilhelm Heinrich Wachenroder and Novalis. In addition, he helped call attention to the literary value of previously neglected German chapbooks and fairy tales. During his lifetime, Tieck was often celebrated as the successor to Goethe. Much of his work has now fallen into neglect, and he is remembered above all as the author of literary fairy tales such as "Fair-haired Eckbert" (1797) and the "Runenberg" (1804). Thesestories convey the sort of terror which the romantic tradition has often associated with insight into the nature of reality. In addition, they anticipate Freudian psychology, particularly with respect to defense mechanisms such asrepression. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Le Chat botté
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Fiction and Literature
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833.73Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman fiction1832-1856 : 19th centuryTieck, Ludwig 1773–1853
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PT2537 .G8Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1700-ca. 1860/70
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