Nineteenth century Swiss literature

gottfried keller

in later literary history of german-speaking switzerland 3 names stand out above others: albert bitzius, known jeremias gotthelf first of numerous tales of peasant life in emmenthal, gottfried keller, perhaps genuinely swiss poet , novelist of century, , conrad ferdinand meyer, poet , novelist, of more cosmopolitan leanings , tastes. jakob burckhardt famous writer on italian art, while jakob frey (1824–1875) continued work of bitzius tales of swiss peasant life. ulrich hegner (1759–1840) of winterthur wrote novels full of local colour, case david hess (painter) (1770–1843) in description of cure @ baden in aargau , various tales. johann martin usteri (1763–1827) of zürich 1 of earliest write poems in native dialect.

later have number of zürich poets or versifiers, of writings have become known. such heinrich leuthold (1827–1879), august corrodi (1826–1885) , leonhard widmer (1808–1868), author of trittst im morgenrot daher (1842) (which, set music cistercian monk alberic zwyssig (1808–1854), known swiss psalm), of es lebt in jeder schweizerbrust (1842), , wo berge sich erheben (1844). bernese poet, johann rudolf wyss (1782–1830), father, johann david wyss (1743–1818), author of swiss family robinson, owe swiss national anthem, rufst du mein vaterland? , song, herz, mys herz, warum trurig?—while johann georg krauer (1792–1845), of lucerne, wrote rütlilied, von ferne sei herzlich gegrüßet, , gottfried keller himself responsible o mein heimatland. gottlieb jakob kuhn (1775–1845) wrote many poems in bernese dialect alps , inhabitants. less national in sentiment , more metaphysical lyrics of dranmor, pen-name of bernese ferdinand schmid (1823–1888).

among chief swiss writers in department of belles-lettres, novelists, poets, etc., may mentioned ernst zahn, meinrad lienert, arnold ott, carl spitteler, fritz marti, walther siegfried, adolf frey, hermann hesse, jakob christoph heer, joseph victor widmann, , gottfried strasser.

isabella kaiser wrote poems , stories. johanna spyri famous children s stories including heidi, fictional character living in swiss alps.