Struwwelpeter 2000 (English and German Edition)

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A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter with the original pictures (their colors tidied up) and the German verses with new, closer English translations side by side. The translations concentrate on copying the easy rhythm and rhyming and natural language of Hoffmann's lines. They try to follow the originals word by word, line by line, picture by picture, as closely as possible, right up to the end of each story.A few sequels are then added: Conrad is taken to hospital and his thumbs are reattached. Flying Robert is found next morning clinging to a steeple, and is rescued. A page at the end describes the making of "suncatchers" - stained glass window hangings - in the shape of Struwwelpeter figures, and a stained glass Peter is shown on the back cover. Der Struwwelpeter was written in December 1844 by Frankfurt am Main physician Heinrich Hoffmann as a Christmas gift for his three-year-old son Carl Pilipp. He put it together very quickly from funny stories that he used in his practice. He told these to frightened child patients, making pencil sketches to illustrate, and the children quickly forgot their fears and could be examined. It is sometimes theorized that the stories are too frightening for children, but Hoffmann knew better - from practice. The book was published in October 1845 and was an immediate and perennial success. Edition after edition quickly followed - nearly 200 in Hoffmann's lifetime. Today, Struwwelpeter scholars have given up trying to count the editions and imitations and parodies and translations that are still appearing. An internet search for "Struwwelpeter" returns over 400,000 results. The Struwwelpeter Museum is at 20 Schubertstrasse in Frankfurt, a short walk from the Palmengarten entrance. Helping to support the museum is its "Freundeskreis" (Circle of Friends). Membership - see the Museum website - is US$30 per year and is open to all. It includes a subscription to their annual Struwwelpost - a journal of Struwwelpeter news and scholarly articles.