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The Black Spider is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divided, what is originally the internal story later spills over into the frame story as well.
- Jeremias Gotthelf
- 1842
Nov 24, 2022 · Based on a 18th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf, the film depicts the story of a midwife who makes a deal with the devil to stop the Teutonic Knights from terrorizing her village. The film features a spider plague, superstition, violence and a female protagonist.
- (284)
- Drama, Thriller
- Markus Fischer
- 2022-11-24
Watch the official trailer of The Black Spider, a drama thriller set in medieval Germany. A midwife makes a deal with the devil to stop the German Knights, but faces a spider plague and a deadly enemy.
- 2 min
Nov 2, 2015 · The Black Spider is a short novel about a plague of spiders that ravages a Swiss village after a pact with the devil. It is a chilling tale of evil, horror and cosmic horror, influenced by German Romanticism and Swiss folklore.
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- Paperback
Oct 30, 2018 · A woman who makes a deal with a green man to save her village from a feudal lord is cursed with a spider growing on her face. Read an excerpt from the 1842 novel, translated by Susan Bernofsky, and learn about its historical and literary context.
Mar 28, 2023 · The black spider by Gotthelf, Jeremias, 1797-1854. Publication date 1980 Topics Fiction in German 1830-1856 Translations Publisher
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“The Black Spider was a horror story of its day, written by a Swiss pastor, Albert Bitzius, under the pseudonym of Jeremias Gotthelf. What distinguishes it from, say, the horror stories of Gotthelf’s contemporary, Edgar Allan Poe, is that Gotthelf firmly believed in the reality of the demon he created….
