Theodor Storm: The Dano-German Poet and Writer

The Author: Clifford Albrecht Bernd, Professor of German at the University of California, Davis and Corresponding Member of the Theodor-Storm-Gesellschaft in Husum, was born in Bronxville, New York and educated at New York University and the University of Heidelberg. He has held teaching appointments at Princeton University and the University of Leicester. His publications include Theodor Storm's Craft of Fiction (1963, 1966), German Poetic Realism (1981) and Poetic Realism in Scandinavia and Central Europe 1820-1895 (1995).

lt;i>Contents: Current fascination with Storm's fiction - Rise of a falsified anti-Danish portrait of Storm in biographical criticism - Need to map a new bicultural Dano-German identity for him - His exposure to Danish culture in early life - Grafting the gifts of the Danish muse onto German poetry - The breakthrough 'Nixen-Chor zur Begrüßung König Christians VIII in Husum' - Immortal poem 'Oktoberlied' - Poetry and life 'Hyazinthen' - The chef d'oeuvre: 'Meeresstrand' - Infusing the German novella with notions which contributed to the genre's flowering in Denmark - Early glory: Immensee - A Danish novella in German disguise: In St Jürgen - Painting in oils: Aquis submersus - Final triumph: Der Schimmelreiter.

«...Clifford A. Bernds Storm-Buch ist reich an neuen Einsichten, es eröffnet neue Wege für die Forschung, und leidenschaftlich vorgetragen ist dieser starke Gesang ganz gewiss auch.» (Heinrich Detering, Schriften der Theodor-Storm-Gesellschaft)