Matthiessen, Wilhelm
Matthiessen, Wilhelm (1891–1965),German writer and librarian. Although his popularity has waned, Matthiessen was once among the best‐selling authors for children, with a vast production of quaint fairy tales that includes: Das alte Haus (The Old House, 1923), Deutsche Hausmärchen (German Household Fairy Tales, 1927), Turm der alten Mutter (Tower of the Old Mother, 1930), Die grüne Schule (The Green School, 1931), and Die alte Gasse (The Old Alley, 1931), Das gehemnisvolle Königreich (The Mysterious Kingdom, 1933), and Die glücklichen Inseln (The Happy Islands, 1949). Most of these collections of tales are set in frame narratives and take place in a mysterious realm called ‘Mythikon’. Matthiessen was fond of repeatedly introducing the same anthropomorphized characters, among them little firemen, cellar men, mother pine tree, and the...
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