Sketchbook, 1946-1949/Sketchbook, 1966-1971 (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Max Frisch
- First Published: 1950
- Type of Work: Cultural criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Current events, Traveling or travelers, Power, personal or social, Politics, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Revolutions, Marriage, War, Aging
Form and Content
Although the English word “sketchbook” in many ways describes the seemingly random and tentative jottings in these volumes, Max Frisch employed the German term Tagebuch, or diary, to hint at its spontaneous and private nature, with the further implication that he would discuss issues of the day, that is, contemporary political topics, social problems, and world events. In a preface to the first volume, Frisch insists that his authority to write such a book derives not from his person but from his qualification as a contemporary. Though a citizen of...
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