The tailor Johan von Ehrenpreis cannot hold his wedding to the maid Grethe - for the one reason that he does not own the pair of white socks that the ceremony requires. Wessel's comedy from 1772 ridicules the stylized in both literature ...See moreThe tailor Johan von Ehrenpreis cannot hold his wedding to the maid Grethe - for the one reason that he does not own the pair of white socks that the ceremony requires. Wessel's comedy from 1772 ridicules the stylized in both literature and life, while the simple everyday life is heroized.
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