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FRANK WEDEKIND
THE AWAKENING OF SPRING
FRANK
WEDEKIND is perhaps the
most daring dramatic spirit in Germany.
Coming to the fore much later than Sud-
ermann and Hauptmann, he did not fol
low in their path, but set out in quest of new truths.
More boldly than any other dramatist Frank
Wedekind has laid bare the shams of morality
in reference to sex, especially attacking the igno
rance surrounding the sex life of the child and
its resultant tragedies.
Wedekind became widely known through his
great drama
"
The Awakening of Spring," which
he called a tragedy of childhood, dedicating the
work to parents and teachers. Verily an appro
priate dedication, because parents and teachers
are, in relation to the child s needs, the most
ignorant and mentally indolent class. Needless
to say, this element entirely failed to grasp the
social significance of Wedekind s work. On the
contrary, they saw in it an invasion of their tradi
tional authority and an outrage on the sacred
rights of parenthood.
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