The Birdsong Papers
| Author | Wilhelm Raabe |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Akten des Vogelsangs |
| Translator | Michael Ritterson |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Otto Janke |
Publication date | 1896 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 2013 |
| Pages | 320 |
The Birdsong Papers (German: Die Akten des Vogelsangs) is a novel by the German writer Wilhelm Raabe. It is about a civil servant who writes down the story of a love affair between a boy and girl he knew in his youth in the suburb of Vogelsang.[1][2][3][4]
Published by Otto Janke in Berlin in 1896, it was one of Raabe's last works. It is sometimes grouped with Alte Nester (1879) and Stopfkuchen (1891) as the Braunschweig Trilogy.[5]
An English translation of The Birdsong Papers by Michael Ritterson was published in 2013.[6]
References
- ^ Webster, William (2015). "Wilhelm Raabe: German Moonlight; Höxter and Corvey; At the Sign of the Wild Man. Translated by Alison E. Martin, Erich Lehmann, and Michael Ritterson. Pp. xxxii+183. London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2012. Pb. £9.99. Wilhelm Raabe: The Birdsong Papers. Translated by Michael Ritterson, with an introduction by Ritchie Robertson. Pp. xxi+132. London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2013. Pb. £9.99". Translation and Literature. 24 (1). doi:10.3366/tal.2015.0192.
- ^ Zeller, Christoph (July 2013). "Veltens Erbe: Geld und Geist in Wilhelm Raabes 'Die Akten des Vogelsangs'". Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft (in German). 54: 95-126. doi:10.1515/jdrg-2013-0008.
- ^ Krobb, Florian (2010). "'kurios anders'. Dekadenzmotive in Wilhelm Raabes 'Die Akten des Vogelsangs'". Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft. 51 (1): 107–124. doi:10.1515/jdrg.2010.010.
- ^ Wassermann, Felix M. (1963). "Die Akten Des Vogelsangs Und Das Problem Der Bürgerlichen Existenz Im Neuen Reich". The German Quarterly. 36 (4): 421–433. doi:10.2307/402631.
- ^ Kaiser, Nancy A. (1984). "Reading Raabe's Realism: Die Akten Des Vogelsangs". The Germanic Review. 59 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1080/19306962.1984.11787286.
- ^ Tucker, Brian (2015). "Wilhelm Raabe: The Birdsong Papers. Übersetzt von Michael Ritterson. London 2013". Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft. 56: 115–119. doi:10.1515/jdrg-2015-0008.