Theodor Storm, Immensee [The Lake of Bees]

Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1851

Places

Denmark (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novella

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Theodor Storm wrote his novella “Immensee” [“Lake of Bees”] in 1849, the year of the failed German revolution. The text was first published in the anthology

Volksbuch auf das Jahr 1850 für Schleswig, Holstein und Lüneburg

(1850), while a revised version appeared in Storm's collection

Sommer-Geschichten und Lieder

[

Summer Stories and Poems

, 1851]. Other editions followed, and the novella was translated into numerous languages during the author's lifetime. “Immensee” made Storm famous overnight with the reading public, has long been in the literary canon, and is still read around the globe today. Together with “Der Schimmelreiter” [“The White Stallion Rider”, 1888], “Immensee” is ranked among Storm's greatest narratives, and both are premier examples of German…

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Citation: Knapp, Gerhard P.. "Immensee". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 August 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14156, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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