Die fromme Helene

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Die fromme Helene is a satirical illustrated story in verse by Wilhelm Busch that humorously critiques religious hypocrisy and bourgeois morality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German literary work
narrative poem
satirical illustrated story
author Wilhelm Busch NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Wilhelm Busch NERFINISHED
critiques moral hypocrisy
religious bigotry
social conventions
depicts petty bourgeois milieu
genre comic verse
illustrated story
satire
hasCulturalSignificance classic of German comic literature
influential work in German picture-story tradition
hasForm rhymed couplets
hasIllustrationsBy Wilhelm Busch NERFINISHED
hasIllustrationStyle black-and-white line drawings
hasMoral questioning outward piety without inner virtue
hasPublicationContext 19th-century German humor literature
hasSetting 19th-century German bourgeois society
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTitleLanguage German
hasWorkType picture story in verse
literaryMovement 19th-century German satire
mainCharacter Helene NERFINISHED
mainTheme bourgeois morality
double standards
religious hypocrisy
medium illustrated book
narrativeForm verse
originalLanguage German
partOf Wilhelm Busch’s satirical oeuvre
portrays conflict between appearance and reality
consequences of moral rigidity
tone humorous
ironic
satirical
usesDevice caricature
exaggeration
moral aphorisms

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Wilhelm Busch notableWork Die fromme Helene