Literacki obraz codzienności w osiemnastowiecznej Westfalii w utworze Żydowski buk Anette von Droste-Hülshoff

Abstract

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1849) was a German writer and composer of the era between Romanticism and Realism. She treated her literary activity very seriously and was aware of how important the role of her pieces was. She composed mostly poems, songs and ballads. Droste-Hülshoff dealt in an innovative way with the wider issues of social and psychological problems. In her only novel titled The Jews’ Beech - A portrait of morals in hilly Westphalia (Die Judenbuche - Ein Sittengemälde aus dem gebirgigten Westphalen), which was published in 1842, she addressed the subject of the rhythms of everyday life, the existential-social problems, class and religious antagonisms that have left their mark in the lives of residents of eighteenth-century Westphalia.