Schriften 13: Märchen; Dramatische Gedichte; Fragmente

A mixed-volume of fairy tales, dramatic poems, and fragments framed by prologues and direct addresses invites readers into a nostalgic, medieval-inflected imagination. One long narrative unfolds in a series of old-Frankish scenes that move from courtly splendor to violent rupture, exile, prolonged warfare, secret births, and eventual reconciliation. Other pieces reinterpret mythic and folkloric material, present lyrical dramatic sketches, and excerpt medieval heroic verse. Throughout, the writing privileges memory and childhood reverie, contrasts romantic chivalry with uncanny or supernatural motifs, and reflects on art, poetic creation, and the reconstruction of older narrative forms.