He imagines what they think about while walking in silence behind him, and he imagines what he would do if he looked behind to find his children transformed into capercaillies.
"As a rule, they were never published publicly or deposited in archives or libraries." Right from the beginning, it's housed in paradox. Thanks for this one!
I'd read the piece's description of Das Reliquienschrein as something collected from an archive or reviewed as a text long after the fact, based on the detail. Though, based on the preceding sentence, this could well be from the private printing or even from an oral version heard in one of those distinguished parlors.
"As a rule, they were never published publicly or deposited in archives or libraries." Right from the beginning, it's housed in paradox. Thanks for this one!
What's the paradox? The books were circulated privately.
I'd read the piece's description of Das Reliquienschrein as something collected from an archive or reviewed as a text long after the fact, based on the detail. Though, based on the preceding sentence, this could well be from the private printing or even from an oral version heard in one of those distinguished parlors.
Check out the diaries of Ludwig's siblings...