Book Review: Seidler-Hux, Monica, Gottfried Kellers feuriger Freund: Johann Ulrich Müller––Romanfigur, Baumeister und Kartograf der USA [Gottfried Keller’s Fiery Friend: Johann Ulrich Müller–– Character in a Novel, Architect, Builder and Cartographer of the USA]

Authors

Richard Hacken, Brigham Young UniversityFollow

Keywords

Johann Ulrich Müller, Gottfried Keller, literary realism, Swiss authors

Abstract

It is safe to say that an investigation into the life of Johann Ulrich Müller would scarcely warrant the rapt scholarly attention that it does were it not for the presumptive impact of that individual on Gottfried Keller––who was and is perhaps the prime Swiss exponent of literary realism in the eyes of the world. It has been established that Keller’s novel, Der grüne Heinrich [Green Henry], closely parallels the novelist’s own life story, episodically shifting into near-direct autobiography. One memorable character in the novel is closely based on Keller’s friendship with Müller, which had originally begun when the two were school comrades.

Recommended Citation

Hacken, Richard (2021) "Book Review: Seidler-Hux, Monica, Gottfried Kellers feuriger Freund: Johann Ulrich Müller––Romanfigur, Baumeister und Kartograf der USA [Gottfried Keller’s Fiery Friend: Johann Ulrich Müller–– Character in a Novel, Architect, Builder and Cartographer of the USA]," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 57: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol57/iss2/8