A recent upsurge in interest in Der Struwwelpeter, written by Heinrich Hoffman, has initiated a new wave of spin-offs, parodies, and retellings of these immensely popular stories. Hoffman's style, whi
Responding to a renewed interest in Hoffman's casually violent, cautionary tales, Chalou (education, U. of Maine Presque Isle) considers the socio-historic context in which the book was written and ma