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Peter Schlemihl

Index Peter Schlemihl

Peter Schlemihl is the title character of an 1814 novella, (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story), written in German by exiled French aristocrat Adelbert von Chamisso. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Adelbert von Chamisso, DeForest Kelley, Devil, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Fortunatus (book), George Cruikshank, Georges Schwizgebel, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Idiom, Libretto, Novella, Paint-on-glass animation, Project Gutenberg, Richard Strauss, Schlemiel, Seven-league boots, Shadow, The Charwoman's Shadow, The German Quarterly, The Man with No Shadow, The Woman Who Had No Shadow, Wayang, Yiddish.

  2. 1814 German novels
  3. Adelbert von Chamisso
  4. German fantasy novels
  5. German novellas
  6. Literary characters introduced in 1814
  7. Works based on the Faust legend

Adelbert von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso (30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist.

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DeForest Kelley

Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer.

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Devil

A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions.

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Die Frau ohne Schatten

(The Woman without a Shadow), Op.

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Fortunatus (book)

Fortunatus is a German proto-novel or chapbook about a legendary hero popular in 15th- and 16th-century Europe, and usually associated with a magical inexhaustible purse.

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George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank or Cruickshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life.

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Georges Schwizgebel

Georges Schwizgebel (born 28 September 1944) is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film The Man with No Shadow (L'Homme sans ombre) won various awards.

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.

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Idiom

An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Novella

A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories.

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Paint-on-glass animation

Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making animated films by manipulating slow-drying oil paints on sheets of glass.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library.

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Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas.

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Schlemiel

Schlemiel (שלומיאל; sometimes spelled shlemiel or shlumiel) is a Yiddish term meaning "inept/incompetent person" or "fool".

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Seven-league boots

Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore.

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Shadow

A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an object.

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The Charwoman's Shadow

The Charwoman's Shadow is a 1926 fantasy novel by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany.

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The German Quarterly

The German Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association of Teachers of German dedicated to German studies.

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The Man with No Shadow

The Man with No Shadow (L'Homme sans ombre) is a Canadian-Swiss animated short film, directed by Georges Schwizgebel and released in 2004.

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The Woman Who Had No Shadow

"The Woman Who Had No Shadow" is a Scandinavian fairy tale, included by Sven Grundtvig in Gamle danske Minder i Folkemunde and Ella Ohlson in Sagor från Ångermanland.

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Wayang

(translit) is a traditional form of puppet theatre play originating from the Indonesian island of Java.

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Yiddish

Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.

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See also

1814 German novels

Adelbert von Chamisso

German fantasy novels

German novellas

Literary characters introduced in 1814

Works based on the Faust legend

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schlemihl

Also known as Peter Schlemiel, Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte, Schlemihl, Peter.