Gespräch des Knulp mit Gott : manuscript, 1950.

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Gespräch des Knulp mit Gott : manuscript, 1950.

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Copy made by Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler, in a calligraphic hand, of an excerpt from Hermann Hesse's novel Knulp. The text corresponds to the concluding section of the third, or last of the 3 stories, or chapters, comprising the novel. The main body of the text is in black ink; the initials of sections are in red or blue, or a combination of the two, and are decorated to various degrees. The initial at the start of the text is more embellished than the others, inhabited by a blue flower surrounded by leaves or swirls in red and blue. Aside from the initial, the first 3 words of the text (Vierzehn Tage später) are in red ink; and the first occurrence of Knulp's name, at the beginning of the second paragraph, is in blue. Throughout the text initials of sentences are adorned with thread-like strokes of red. A passage on the title page, apparently composed by Frenzel-Koehler, introduces the character Knulp with something of an interpretive slant (Und wann er sagt 'Gott'--so meint er das Wesen in sich selbst, die einzig wahre makellose Stimme des eigenen Gewissens und das Gewissen der Menschheit). The manuscript comprises a paginated gathering of 3 folio-size bifolia.

1 item (6 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Frenzel-Koehler, Gertrude

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Gertrude Frenzel-Koehler resided in the Hellerau district of Dresden, Germany. She was married to the architect and professor Arthur Frenzel (1899-1975), who was a co-director of the restoration of the Zwinger Palace in Dresden after the Second World War. Frenzel-Koehler produced the manuscripts in this collection for Ernst Jockers (1887-1963), professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania, with whom she corresponded at this time. She died no later than 1967. From the descrip...

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

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Hermann Hesse was a German writer, popular but often politically out of step in his native country. His social criticism, and especially his focus on the individual and inner spirituality, contributed to extraordinary popularity in America in the 1960s. From the description of Hermann Hesse letter to D. Kilham Roberts, 1950 January 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49344033 German author. From the description of Zwölfe Gedichte vo...