In one work by this author, King David descends from heaven to teach Musa the heavenly dance, while another story sees the Devil tortured by the first title character after he tries to rape her, Bertrade.
In one work by this author, King David descends from heaven to teach Musa the heavenly dance, while another story sees the Devil tortured by the first title character after he tries to rape her, Bertrade. In addition to "The Legend of the Dance" and "The Virgin and the Devi," found with his story about Eugenia and St. Vitalis in his collection Seven Legends, he wrote a novel whose protagonist discusses his family at length in the chapter "In Praise of My Origin." That protagonist becomes a diplomatic clerk after his mother dies and had earlier spent his life painting in Munich. In another of his works, the protagonists are discovered dead on a boat lying on a stack of hay, which leads the newspapers to run the headline "Once again a proof of the spread of lawless and impious passion among the lower classes." That story, set in Seldwyla, is about the forbidden love between Vrenchen and Sali.  For 10 points, name this author of Green Henry and "A Village Romeo and Juliet."
In one work by this author, King David descends from heaven to teach Musa the heavenly dance, while another story sees the Devil tortured by the first title character after he tries to rape her, Bertrade.
Gottfried Keller