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Otto F. Walter (1928), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walter, Otto F. (1928-), Swiss novelist and playwright, was born in Rickenbach near Olten, canton Solothurn. After graduating from the gymnasium, he served as an apprentice to a bookseller and worked for a printing office in Cologne. In 1956 he took charge of the literary program of the Walter publishing house in Olten. Eleven years later, in 1967, he joined the firm of Luchterhand in Darmstadt in the same capacity.

Swiss Literature, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Switzerland has a rich literary tradition. In modern times both the German- and the French-speaking regions have produced important writers who left distinctive marks on the literature and culture of their time. The 18th century was a time of literary florescence in Switzerland. Important writers of that period include the Bernese patrician Albrecht von Haller (1708-77), whose long poem Die Alpen (1729; The Alps) extols the beauty and grandeur of nature; Johann Jokob Bodmer (1698-1783) and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701-66) of Zurich, who helped free German literature from the confines of rigid rules; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712- 78), "citizen of Geneva," …

Kurt Marti (1921), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Marti, Kurt (1921-), Swiss poet and essayist, was born in Bern. He studied law and theology and became a Protestant minister. In the pugnacious tradition of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and Jeremias Gotthelf, Marti uses the power of the word - both of the Gospel and of literature - to change the consciousness of his readers.

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Albert Gallatin, The Man Of Peace, William D. Carter Iii

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On July 15, 1780, a nineteen-year old graduate of the Academy of Geneva, after forty-nine days voyage on the American vessel Kitty, put ashore at Cape Anne, Massachusetts, and on a borrowed horse rode twenty-six miles to Boston. Thus began the fortunes in the New World of Albert Gallatin who, until his death at 89 years, was to make an outstanding contribution to the life of his adopted country. Thanks to the systematic organization of his correspondence, now available in the New York Historical Society, and the dissemination of microfilms of this correspondence made possible by New York University, it …

Jakob Bosshart (1862-1924), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Bosshart, Jakob (1862-1924), Swiss novelist, short-story writer, and poet, was born in a lonely farm in Stürzikon near Zurich. He trained at a teachers college and later studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Paris, and Zurich, earning a Ph.D. degree at Zurich. An able educator, Bosshart served as rector of the cantonal gymnasium in Zurich for 17 years. Ill · health forced him to resign, and he subsequently moved to Clavadel, where he worked at his writing and fought a losing battle against tuberculosis.

Albert Gallatin, 176101849, A Genevan In The American Enlightenment: An Essay In Interpretation, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Albert Gallatin has been called "America's Forgotten Statesman."¹ A review of scholarly and public endeavors shows, however, that he has received serious attention, especially in recent decades. Best known is, perhaps, the excellent biography by Raymond Walters Jr. of 1957, a concise, learned, and balanced portrait.² In 1958 Rutgers University Press published Alexander Balinky's Albert Gallatin Fiscal Theories and Policies, a comprehensive study. Although Balinky profoundly misunderstood .Gallatin in favor of Hamiltonian programs, he offered nevertheless a scholarly treatise to be reckoned with.³ In 1963 Gayle Thornbrough edited the Correspondence of John Badollet and Albert Gallatin …

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Max Frisch (1911), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Frisch, Max (1911-), Swiss novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist, was born in Zurich. Frisch studied architecture and was a successful architect for several years before he decided in 1954 to devote all his time to writing.

Jacques Chessex (1934), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Chessex's work is largely autobiographical, replete with the theme of the defiance of death, marked by contradictions, and boldly stressing immoderate and violent feelings, and yet his language is almost classical in its restraint. In 1963 Chessex was awarded the Schiller Prize and in 1973 the Goncourt Prize.

Robert Otto Walser (1878-1956), Herbert L. Kaufman

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walser, Robert Otto (1878-1956), Swiss feuilletonist novelist, and short-story writer, was born in Biel, canton Bern, the seventh of eight children. He left school at the age of 14 and worked for most of his life as a clerk in such places as Zurich, Wädenswil, Thun, Solothurn, Basel, and Stuttgart. After Walser's first book, Fritz Kochers Aufsätze (1904; Fritz Kocher's Essays) was published, he lived for some years with his brother Karl in Berlin.

Emil Staiger (1908), Marianne Burkhard

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Staiger, Emil (1908-), Swiss literary critic and translator was born in Kreuzlingen, canton Thurgau. For many years he was professor of German literature at the University of Zurich. Staiger gave new impulses to German literary criticism through comprehensive interpretations of individual works and a theoretical consideration of literature in connection with the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger.

Jakob Schaffner (1875-1944), Hans Bänziger

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Schaffner, Jakob (1875-1944), Swiss novelist and political essayist, was born in Basel and orphaned at an early age. A distressing picture of his childhood and the years he spent in "Demutt" (Beuggen), a religiously oriented orphanage near Basel, can be found in his most famous novel, Johannes (1922). This novel has been praised as the best Swiss educational novel since Gottfried Keller's Der grüne Heinrich, and for it Schaffner won the 1930 Swiss Schiller Prize. Schaffner. eventually became a shoemaker. He described his experiences as an apprentice in Basel in the novel Die Jünglingszeit des Johannes Schattenhold (1930; The …

Jürg Federspiel (1931), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Federspiel, Jürg (1931-), Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer, was born in Winterthur, Zurich canton. His first book is a collection of short stories entitled Orangen und Tode (1961; Oranges and Deaths). This title signals the author's obsession with the principles of life and death, which, in his work, frequently take the form of an ardent, often violent dialogue between them. "I am a sensuous man," he maintains. "If there are no oranges anymore, I am for death. Mine."

Albert Béguin (1901-1957), Suzanne Nalbantian

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Béguin, Albert (1901-57), Swiss critic, translator, and editor, was born into a family of agnostic educators in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Neuchâtel canton. In his formative years, Béguin was attracted to the nonorthodox spiritual quality of such Catholic writers as Charles Péguy and Paul Claudel. Although Béguin eventually became a socialist dedicated to humanitarian concerns, his critical works usually emphasize the mystical aspects of literature. Béguin received his license in literature at the University of Geneva, and in 1925 he moved to Paris, where he was exposed to the ideological ferment of the era but was personally unable to adopt …

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich (1921-), Swiss playwright, novelist, and essayist, was born in Konolfingen, canton Bern. He is Switzerland's most important playwright and one of the most accomplished dramatists in the succession of Bertolt Brecht. A student of philosophy and theology, Dürrenmatt experimented with short stories reminiscent of Franz Kafka. In 1947 he created his first theater scandal with the chaotic drama Es steht geschrieben (It Is Written), a combination of street ballad and religious comic strip. After the failure of Der Blinde (1948; The Blind Man), an allegorical drama in which the struggle between nihilism and faith ends with the victory …

Giuseppe Zoppi (1896-1952), Hermann W. Haller

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Zoppi, Giuseppe (1896-1952), Swiss poet, short-story writer, novelist, and essayist, was born in Broglio, canton Ticino. Zoppi left his beloved mountains at the age of 11 to enter a religious school near Ascona. He later studied at the University of Fribourg, graduating in 1920 with a thesis on the poetry of Francesco Chiesa. After teaching at gymnasiums in places such as Sankt Gallen, Lugano, and Locarno, Zoppi became professor of Italian literature at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1931.

Demonic Patterns In Tasso And Spenser, John Mulryan

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The term "demon" has embraced a variety of meanings over the centuries, and, while it can include the notion of one's own inner genius, or of a sprite midway between the gods and men, it is usually construed as an evil spirit, as Augustine said long ago:

... there is scarcely a man, no matter how well read and learned, whoo would dare say by way of praise to his slave, You have a demon, or who could doubt that the man to whom he said this would consider it a curse? Why, then, are we to subject ourselves to …

The Historical Evolution Of The Death Of King John In Three Renaissance Plays, Carole Levin

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Although King John died of dysentery in 1216, three Renaissance dramas, John Bale's King Johan, The Troublesome Reign of King John, and Shakespeare's King John, reflect the influence of late medieval legends that John was dramatically poisoned. Bale and the anonymous author of The Troublesome Reign emphasize the horror of the king's death, dwelling upon his role as a religious leader; Shakespeare, however, separates John from the kingship, focusing our attention upon a frightened man. This separation echoes the medieval political theory that the kingship is composed of two bodies. By deliberately stripping away the Christian images that …

Distortion As A Means Of Reassessment: Marguerite De Navarre's Heptameron And The "Querelle Des Femmes", Deborah N. Losse

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The crisis of sexual assault, with its many psychological implications, occupies a significant place in the narrative of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron, composed in the first half of the sixteenth century at the height of the "Querelle des Femmes." If the storytellers conclude that parfaite amitié is with few exceptions inaccessible, it is in the scenes of sexual aggression that one witnesses the ascendancy of human passion over the formalized code of courtly love.

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Lds Language Teaching And Learning: Highlights From 1830 To 1982, Cynthia L. Hallen

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Since the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its leaders and members have been commanded and encouraged to learn foreign languages. With the gift of tongues and diligent effort Latter-day Saints have made great progress in the last 152 years in meeting the challenge of learning and teaching languages. This paper is an attempt to compile what has been done by Church members, programs, and organizations to promote language in a world where international communication is increasingly important. It will also be a resource for the LDS Church, the Missionary Training Center, Brigham Young University, and …

Orphaned By Black Hawk's Warriors, Albert Winkler

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William D. Kuhre was orphaned at a young age and grew up having few recollections of his parents. William's parents had joined the Mormon Church and moved to the small town of Ephraim, Utah in 1862. War broke out with the Ute Indians in 1865, after several years of increasingly hostile interactions. While the town of Ephraim was protected by a large stone wall, families had to leave the protection to collect firewood and harvest crops. One unfortunate day, while William’s parents were gathering potatoes outside the city wall, a band of Black Hawk’s men arrived and killed them, leaving …

The Communicational Function Of Wearing Apparel For Lady Missionaries Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Alice W. Buehner

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Because the need exists for a professional image among lady missionaries, this thesis will define what knowledge concerning communication of clothing is necessary in order to create a desirable image of professionalism. The term "professional" is derived from available research describing the most appropriate attire for women business executives. In lieu of an experimental study by this author, the interpretation of the professional look is supported by Molloy's extensive research on women's wearing apparel. His research shows that beyond a doubt, the skirted suit and blouse give women "a look of authority and a sense of presence in business." In …

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Peter Lassen: Danish Pioneer Of California, Franklin D. Scott

The Bridge

"The Dane Peter Lassen," or " Peter Lassen, a Danish Blacksmith," appears in almost every memoir dealing with early northern California. His Danishness was obvious, though no one bothers to explain why. Was his speech the telltale feature? The man was almost thirty years of age when he left Denmark, and he had had no opportunity to learn English while his tongue was ductile. He came to California in the spring of 1840, at the beginning of a decade of decision. At that moment Indians inhabited the land, Russians were still established on the California coast, Mexicans held title to …

Language Transition And Danish Children's Schools In The U.S., Ejnar Farstrup

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Very few Danish immigrants who came to the United States just prior to and immediately following the beginning of the Twentieth Century were acquainted with the English language. Immigrants of every ethnic group have countless tales, some comic and some rather serious, of the difficulties which befell them. Years after their arrival, most of them could regale themselve at length with stories of misinterpretations and the blending of language from their own experiences. A good sense of humor carried most of them through. Others succumbed to a nostalgia which drove them back to the homeland. Still others, who might have …