Heinrich Detering

Sensitive and with a detective's instinct, Heinrich Detering explores the development of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's ecological writing. The guilt of the murder of the earth's beauty: this theme runs through the work of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff from beginning to end. Here, religious and anthropological questions intertwine with very tangible ecological issues. This poetry understands nature as a comprehensive and dynamic context of life, the destruction of which also signifies a self-destruction of humanity. The fascinating study reveals Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's ecological writing - the often-praised sensual intensity of her depictions of nature, her sense of the spiritual dimensions of the living, her sensitive perception of threats, the extent of which is only becoming visible today. In doing so, the radical modernity of a poet emerges, who provocatively experiments with new literary techniques in her great nature poems and in narratives like "Die Judenbuche.".