The works of Ferdinand Jakob Raimund, written for the "Wiener Volkstheater" (Viennese popular theater), were an important contribution to nineteenth-century European drama. Like Shakespeare and Moli&e...
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In the following excerpt, Coar describes the relationship between Raimund's artistic achievement and the contemporary social and political atmosphere in early nineteenth-century Austria.
Whe...
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In the following excerpt, Perry compares Raimund's fairy-world comedies and observes that his last play, Der Verschwender, "is probably his artistic masterpiece. "
The libretto...
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In the following essay, Krügel explores the imagery of Raimund's Gutenstein poems and studies reflections of the tragic quality of the dramatist's life in these works.
Many cri...
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In the following essay, Prohaska surveys Raimund's plays, noting that his greatest contribution to popular drama was the creation of convincing comic characters.
When Ferdinand Raimund the a...
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In the following essay, Prohaska studies Raimund's use of local color in his early dramas. She summarizes, "Raimund was completely the master of local parody but in his search for a form...
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In the following excerpt, Harding examines Raimund's use of language, imagery, imaginative humor, and sound in his dramas.
The Local Element
Exceptional variety of technique and a high degre...
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In the following essay, Crockett investigates Raimund's use of fate in Der Verschwender, arguing that the play illustrates the workings of deterministic forces in a manner similar to that of hi...
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In the following excerpt, Jones probes the ideological undercurrents of Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, maintaining that the play negates the possibility of social unity ...
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Ferdinand Jakob Raimund
Critical Essay by John Firman Coar
