The Jews' Beech Tree

A Moral Portrait from Mountainous Westphalia

By (author) Annette von DrosteHülshoff Edited and translated by Jolyon Timothy Hughes

Publication date:

31 March 2014

Length of book:

180 pages

Publisher

University Press of America

Dimensions:

225x154mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780761861911

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The book provides a sentence-by-sentence translation of Die Judenbuche (1842) by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, arguably one of Germany’s greatest female poets. Often thought of as a detective novel, The Jews’ Beech Tree is as much a mystery to read today as it was in 1842. Featuring the original German and the translated English side-by-side, this text also includes three critical introductions and two additional poetry translations.

CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE AUTHOR: JANUARY 10TH, 1797 – MAY 24TH, 1848
THE ANNETTE VON DROSTE–HÜLSHOFF SYNDROME
THE JEWS’ BEECH TREE: INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK
Der Knabe im Moor — Young Boy in the Marsh
Map of Germany and its Neighbors
BELLERSEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
DIE JUDENBUCHE: EIN SITTENGEMÄLDE AUS DEM GEBIRGICHTEN WESTFALEN
THE JEWS’ BEECH TREE: A MORAL PORTRAIT FROM MOUNTAINOUS WESTPHALIA
SEKTION II: 1747 – 1751
SECTION II: 1747 – 1751
SEKTION III: 1756 – 1760
SECTION III: 1756 – 1760
SEKTION IV: 1760
SECTION IV: 1760
SEKTION V: 1788
SECTION V: 1788
WORKS CITED
NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION