Literature

Where they burn books …

Where they burn books ...by Andrea Strobl"Where they burn books, they end up burning people."As is well known, this sentence comes from Heinrich Heine and is used today above all in connection with the Third Reich - understandable, since Heine's words seem almost...
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Victorian literature – something like a foreword …

Victorian literature - something like a foreword ...       by Christiane Wilms Victorian literature - something like a foreword ...       by Christiane Wilms...which makes no claim to completeness, but is merely intended to give a rough...
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Adalbert Stifter’s background and education as the basis of his idea of education

Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) grew up as a simple farmer’s son in Oberplan in southern Bohemia, at that time still part of the Habsburg monarchy. The superficially idyllic rural life is marked by toil and labour. None of the villagers would have predicted a great future for little “Bertl” …

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Hermann Hesse’s Calw – an overview

"In a small town"           by Meike Dahlström"In a Small Town" [1] - Hermann Hesse's CalwBut the most beautiful town of all that I know is Calw on the Nagold, a small, old, Swabian Black Forest town. [2]Thanks to Hermann Hesse (1877-1962),...
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A story of reading

A story of reading

A story of readingby Andrea StroblWhat could be more fitting for a cultural platform like the "Leiermann" than to...

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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by Thomas Stiegler Our generation seems to have forgotten what its most important task is - to...

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Radetzky March

Radetzky March

Radetzky March If you were to ask me what topic preoccupies me most, the answer would be: speechlessness. Or, to put...

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