Dance of death. Gothelf I.

The outstanding Swiss writer Jeremiah Gothelf (1797–1854), the pastor and the head of the community, freely owned the harsh style of the Bible and the images of folk mysticism, the art of preaching and the language of tradition. His unique works are the gloomy and merciless stories of the human fall, and sometimes a grave atonement of unbearable sin...

painting the complexity of the historical situation, hardships and despair of his people, Gothelph remained in the history of literature as the author of universal priority, which he gave form terrible stories... stories about how to remain a worthy person in the world over which the dance of death is rampant.