Atlantis

by Gerhart Hauptmann, Adele Szold Seltzer, Thomas Seltzer

Overview

Frederick von Kammacher, about whose life cluster the incidents of the book, sets sail from Bremen in January, 1892. The date calls to mind Hauptmann's own visit to America: and the character suggests something of his creator's. Frederick is one of the "twilight souls" that lurked in the twilight of the late century: souls and days that seem faraway, tho Hauptmann is still their spokesman.(Translated by Adele and Thomas Seltzer.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023150064
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. In 1910, Hauptmann's first novel was published, The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint, which told the story of a wandering preacher who mixed sun worship and Christianity together. His 1912 novel, Atlantis became the basis for a Danish silent film of the same name. The novel was written one month before the RMS Titanic disaster and the film's 1913 release was less than one year after the event. The storyline for both involved a romance aboard a doomed ocean liner and the similarity to the disaster became obvious. This coincidental untimeliness caused the film to be banned in Norway due to perceived insensitivity. Nevertheless, excited by the possibilities of this new medium, Hauptmann wrote several screenplays (e.g. Appolonius of Tyre), none of which was ever filmed.