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In 1812 he went to complete his education at Bern. [1] He was a founding member of the Student Society Zofingia, the second-oldest fraternity in Switzerland (founded in 1819). In 1820 he was received as a pastor. In 1821 he enrolled for a year at the University of Göttingen, but returned home in 1822 to act as his father's assistant.
Jeremias Gotthelf (born Oct. 4, 1797, Morat, Switz.—died Oct. 22, 1854, Lützelflüh) was a Swiss novelist and short-story writer whose vivid narrative works extol the virtues of Bernese rural people and defend traditional church and family life. The son of a pastor, Bitzius studied theology at Bern and Göttingen and took part in the ...
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Jeremias Gotthelf, Bildnis von Johann Friedrich Dietler (um 1844). Jeremias Gotthelf war das Pseudonym des Schweizer Schriftstellers und Pfarrers Albert Bitzius (* 4. Oktober 1797 in Murten; † 22. Oktober 1854 in Lützelflüh ).
The Black Spider. The Black Spider is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divided, what is originally the internal story later spills over into the frame story as well.
- Jeremias Gotthelf
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Jeremias Gotthelf`s life and work were infused with liberal ideals, which made their entries into the Bernese Constitution in 1831. Their promise, the sovereignty of a mature people and the social responsibility allotted to all levels of society within the framework of a Christian social ethics, was held by Gotthelf all his life in alignment with his self-image as a Christian republican.
Dec 15, 2016 · Jeremias Gotthelf. For where belief dwells, the spider may not stir, neither by day nor by night. Though few Americans today have heard of Jeremias Gotthelf, he belongs among the great European authors of the 19th century and, indeed, the greatest Christian writers of the modern West. Gotthelf, whose real name was Albert Bitzius, was pastor in ...
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Jeremias Gotthelf has 413 books on Goodreads with 11031 ratings. Jeremias Gotthelf’s most popular book is The Black Spider.
