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7 - Nature and Science in Winterreise

from Part III - Cultural and Historical Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2021

By
Blake Howe
Edited by
Marjorie W. Hirsch  and
Lisa Feurzeig
Marjorie W. Hirsch
Affiliation:
Williams College, Massachusetts
Lisa Feurzeig
Affiliation:
Grand Valley State University, Michigan
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A solitary wanderer journeys through a strange, desolate landscape, bracing himself against the harsh weather. He repeatedly interrupts his travels to observe and reflect upon the natural world around him: striking landscapes, flora and fauna, and mysterious, seemingly magical atmospheric phenomena. This wanderer, of course, is the unnamed speaker in Wilhelm Müller and Franz Schubert’s Winterreise – but his fictional travels mirror in interesting ways the real-life adventures of some early nineteenth-century scientific explorers and naturalists.

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The Cambridge Companion to Schubert's ‘Winterreise' , pp. 114 - 128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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