Criticism of the heart
Critique of the Heart is Wilhelm Busch's first collection of poems . It was published by Friedrich Bassermann in Heidelberg in 1874 .
After the great success of his picture stories, Wilhelm Busch wanted to show that he is not only a great joker, but also has serious sides to offer. He published a collection of poems which he called the Critique of the Heart , following Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason .
However, this attempt met with incomprehension from his audience and was initially a failure. It was only after Busch's death, when his nephews instigated the work as a whole, that his volumes of poetry also reached a larger audience.
Well-known poems from the collection
- Self-criticism has a lot to offer ...
- There is a bird sitting on the glue ...
- Before, as I was inexperienced ...
- A big sack - the farmer Bolte ...
- The first old aunt spoke ...
Web links
- Criticism of the heart in Project Gutenberg ( currently not usually available for users from Germany )
Early creative period 1858–1865
Picture antics |
Eginhard and Emma |
The Eispeter |
The virtuoso |
The little honey thieves |
Hansel and Gretel |
Krischan with the beeper |
Max and Moritz |
Sad result of neglected upbringing
Middle creative period 1866–1882
Pictures from the Jobsiade |
The pious Helene |
The birthday or the particularists |
Hans Huckebein, the unlucky fellow |
Saint Anthony of Padua |
Dideldum! |
Criticism of the heart |
Father Filucius |
Fipps the monkey |
Plisch and Plum |
Schnurrdiburr or The Bees |
The Knopp trilogy Adventures of a Bachelor, Mr. and Mrs. Knopp, Julchen
Late creative period 1883–1908
Balduin Bählamm, the poet who was unable to work |
Edward's dream |
Painter Klecksel