Einhart, the smiley one

The 1907 novel Einhart, The Smile by Carl Hauptmann depicts the life of the artist Einhart Selle, who breaks away from social expectations and finds himself in a contemplation of nature.

The parents, the father a post office clerk, the mother a gypsy, show the contrast, popular since Goethe's example in literature, between serious loyalty to duty and emotional affection for life, which led Einhart into his artistic career. The model for the main character of the novel was the painter Otto Mueller . His friend, the scientist Dr. Poncet, has similarities with the author Carl Hauptmann.

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↑ “In the end, chance brought Plato's world into his soul. "Here we have the seer I was looking for," he cried many times while reading. And he sat among the beautiful, young Greeks themselves with crowned head, in ecstasy and cheerful conflict that even his outer eyes opened wide. "This world is touched with eyes and ears, with smell and taste, is truly seen," he cried delightedly. "And the ideas are like aromas that arise from the actual blossom." "Look at our fragrances who want to give us aromas and have never seen the blossoms." Einhart heard every step back and forth on the tiles in the courtyard, the rumbling the intoxicated at the shops made him laugh, he grasped every gesture and every spirit in true, sensual garb. With that he came completely back to life. "(Fourth book, 5 , p. 41)
↑ “She really was a gypsy by blood. She was probably the only daughter in the house. In truth, the child had been seen on the brown breast of a gypsy mother who came begging and dragged herself sick, bought it properly and accepted it as a child. "( First book, 1 , p. 5)
↑ "Even in dreams he often only had numbers in his soul." ( First book, 1 , p. 8)

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[1] “In the end, chance brought Plato's world into his soul. "Here we have the seer I was looking for," he cried many times while reading. And he sat among the beautiful, young Greeks themselves with crowned head, in ecstasy and cheerful conflict that even his outer eyes opened wide. "This world is touched with eyes and ears, with smell and taste, is truly seen," he cried delightedly. "And the ideas are like aromas that arise from the actual blossom." "Look at our fragrances who want to give us aromas and have never seen the blossoms." Einhart heard every step back and forth on the tiles in the courtyard, the rumbling the intoxicated at the shops made him laugh, he grasped every gesture and every spirit in true, sensual garb. With that he came completely back to life. "(Fourth book, 5 , p. 41)

[2] “She really was a gypsy by blood. She was probably the only daughter in the house. In truth, the child had been seen on the brown breast of a gypsy mother who came begging and dragged herself sick, bought it properly and accepted it as a child. "( First book, 1 , p. 5)

[3] "Even in dreams he often only had numbers in his soul." ( First book, 1 , p. 8)