Author: SPITTELER, Carl.
Title: Olympischer Frühling. 5 parts in 2 vols.
Description: 1914 8th thousand of the revised edition. 248; 350 pp. 8vo. Orig. cloth. With exlibris: Gift of the Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung in honour of the poet commemorating his 70th birthday on 24th April 1915, with own signature of Carl Spitteler. Jena, E. Diederichs, 1914. First edition of the revised version of the main work by C. Spitteler (1845-1924). The poet sketches a dark picture of the cosmos in about 20'000 verses, influenced by Schopenhauer's philosophy. In 1919 Spitteler was the first Swiss to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. - Cf. Wilpert/Gühring 19. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ;

Keywords: LITERATURE: GERMAN ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ;