The Diaries of Paul Klee (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Klee
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1879-1918
- Setting: Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Tunisia
- Principal Characters: Paul Klee, Lily Klee
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: Memory, Art or artists, Painting or painters, Biography, Thought or thinking
Form and Content
Paul Klee’s diaries actually consist of four notebooks which he carefully maintained, even edited and revised, throughout the twenty years of his apprenticeship until full maturity. Strictly speaking, they are not diaries but journals containing materials of various kinds, sometimes more revealing for what they do not tell than for what they do tell. Weeks go by with no entry at all; sometimes successive days are covered by one-sentence notes notable only for their banality. There are sharply described vignettes of events, usually involving social activities...
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