TY - BOOK AU - Jean Paul AU - Thylmann,Karl TI - Des Feldpredigers Schmelzle Reise nach Flätz mit fortgehenden Noten AV - PT PY - 2009/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - German wit and humor KW - Satire, German -- 19th century KW - Characters and characteristics in literature -- Humor N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Feldpredigers_Schmelzle_Reise_nach_Fl%C3%A4tz; Release date is 2009-01-12; Norbert H. Langkau, Itay Perl, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Des Feldpredigers Schmelzle Reise nach Flätz mit fortgehenden Noten" by Jean Paul is a satire published in February 1808. Military chaplain Schmelzle, notorious for fleeing from battle, embarks on a journey to petition General Schabacker for a professorship in catechetics. Driven by his ambitious wife Teutoberga, who seeks social advancement, the cowardly protagonist approaches the very authority aware of his desertion at Pimpelstadt. Jean Paul crafts a psychological portrait of fear and failure, presenting a character who transforms weakness into heroic narrative through elaborate excuses and unwavering self-preservation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27775 ER -