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The Rider on the White Horse (Paperback)
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The Rider on the White Horse (Paperback)
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Loot Price R254
Discovery Miles 2 540
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This novella, first published in 1888, was the final and arguably
the finest work by German writer, Theodor Storm. Combining both
realism and the supernatural, The Rider on the White Horse is full
of symbolism and superstition. Here, humankind must battle against
the forces of nature, a struggle embodied by the image of the
phantom-like rider and his white horse galloping into the waves.
This is a tale of a man from the North German fenlands who tries to
tame not only the natural world but also the reactionary ideas and
ingrained superstitions of his neighbors. Storm uses narrative
framing, stories within stories, to move across time and
conventional boundaries to explore different aspects of how we see
ourselves, each other, and our relationship with our environment.
The main narrative focuses on Hauke Haien, his dramatic encounters
with the sea and his obsessive mission to protect the low-lying
land, a quest that leads him into the realm of science and
mathematics. There is a sense that superstition is under scrutiny
by reason, yet an underlying uneasiness remains in the imagery that
permeates the text: the incessant screaming and shrieking of the
gulls, the roar of the waves, the constant reference to eyes with
the "burning eyes" of the white-horse rider, and the inquiring gaze
of the old schoolteacher. Nature is portrayed as wild,
unpredictable, and disconcerting, while the community is always
mindful of its destructive powers.
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