Wetzel, FG - Wetzel

…This is a masterpiece of German grotesque romanticism, published in 1804. There have been many different theories about the author since ancient times, and the prevailing theory was that it was written by the unknown author Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel (1779-1819), but in recent years, other theories have emerged. The protagonist, born to a gypsy mother and godfathered by the devil, tells of the illusion of this world from the perspective of a night watchman who is an outsider to society. This novel was isolated within the German romanticism, which was dominated by a longing for the infinite, because of its destructive nihilism, which was centered on a turn to the negative. …

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…1804年に刊行されたドイツのグロテスク･ロマン主義の代表作。作者については古来異説が多く，無名の作家ウェツェルFriedrich Gottlob Wetzel(1779‐1819)の作とする説が有力だったが，近年異論が出ている。悪魔を代父としてジプシー女の母から生まれた主人公が，社会のアウトサイダーたる夜警の立場からこの世の虚妄を物語るこの小説は，無限への憧憬を主流とするドイツ･ロマン派の中にあって，〈負〉への転回を核心とする破壊的ニヒリズムのために孤立していた。…

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