Emilie Auguste Karoline Henriette Friedrich-Friedrich née Kühne (November 15, 1829 in Magdeburg – April 7, 1885 in Dresden), known by the pen name Emmy von Rhoden, was a German writer. She is best known for her novel Der Trotzkopf (1885), one of the prototypes of the Backfischroman. It is considered an international classic of Children's literature.[1][2][3] She is the mother of writer Else Wildhagen who continued the Trotzkopf-series with two sequels. The last official volume was written by the unrelated Dutch writer Suze la Chapelle-Roobol and translated into German. The series was a huge commercial success in Germany and translated into at least 11 different languages.[4] The success was also due to the marketing effort of the publisher Gustav Weise in Stuttgart.[5]
The English translation by Felix Leopold Oswald has been heavily adapted to the American context.[6]
Works edit
- Das Musikantenkind, 1883
- Lenchen Braun, 1883
- Der Trotzkopf, 1885
- Translated into English as Taming a Tomboy (1898) by Felix Leopold Oswald, and as An Obstinate Maid (1898) by Mary E. Ireland.[7]
References edit
- ^ O'Sullivan, Emer (2010). Historical dictionary of children's literature. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6080-3. OCLC 867578322.
- ^ Coillie, Jan van; Verschueren, Walter P. (2006). Children's Literature in Translation: Challenges and Strategies. St. Jerome Pub. ISBN 978-1-900650-88-5.
- ^ Nel, Philip; Paul, Lissa; Christensen, Nina, eds. (12 January 2021). Keywords for children's literature. ISBN 978-1-4798-4369-5. OCLC 1150863060.
- ^ Feldmann, Theresia (2020). "The Untameable Trotzkopf: Commerce and Canonicity in the Curious Circulation of a Classic of German Children's Literature in the Low Countries and Germany". Dutch Crossing. 44 (2): 236–253. doi:10.1080/03096564.2020.1747013. ISSN 0309-6564.
- ^ Brunken, Otto; Hurrelmann, Bettina; Michels-Kohlhage, Maria; Wilkending, Gisela (2008). Handbuch zur Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-01687-4. OCLC 298698557.
- ^ Feldmann, Theresia (2020-05-03). "The Untameable Trotzkopf : Commerce and Canonicity in the Curious Circulation of a Classic of German Children's Literature in the Low Countries and Germany". Dutch Crossing. 44 (2): 236–253. doi:10.1080/03096564.2020.1747013. ISSN 0309-6564.
- ^ Feldmann, Theresia (2020). "The Untameable Trotzkopf : Commerce and Canonicity in the Curious Circulation of a Classic of German Children's Literature in the Low Countries and Germany". Dutch Crossing. 44 (2): 236–253. doi:10.1080/03096564.2020.1747013. ISSN 0309-6564.