[Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: June 17, 2013

Helene and Hardy - the subject of books brings a lot of memories.  I was never exposed to the children's stories of the English speaking world and married a Canadian who loved Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, etc., which struck me as ridiculous.  On top of the German literature, I was exposed to Hungarian and Italian literature (translated into German) - there was a wonderful Hungarian story titled "The Boys of (something or other) Street" and then the Italian story, "Cuore."  Does anyone recall any Romanian books?  Was there Romanian literature for children?  Or literature of any kind?  The interesting thing about Max und Moritz is that the English speaking world would never have allowed children to be exposed to the ending in which the boys fall into a milling machine and come out as nuggets which are eaten by geese or ducks. Or Der Struwwelpeter.  I think it gave us perspective in a sense to distinguish reality from fiction and let us
 develop a sense of humor.  Also, irony - Hans im Glück.  Karl May was an incredible man.  He had never visited America from what I recall but really developed as Europe's Zane Grey. His influence was enormous.  Among his deeply devoted fans was Einstein and Hitler.  He influenced German culture perhaps more dramatically than all more serious writers.  They have had a love affair with North American Indians ever since.  I know a full blooded Indian lady who visited Germany and they had her sleep in a Tee Pee in an Indian theme park of sorts. She said, "I hadn't done that since leaving the reservation."
Max & Moritz may really have provided the genesis of the comic book.  In the U.S. there was a knockoff titled "The Katzenjammer Kids" that ran in many papers for years.

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CZERNOWITZ-L Digest for Monday, June 17, 2013.

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2. [Cz-L] What did children read?
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