Das novellistische Werk des Schriftstellers Max Ring am Beispiel der Novelle ,Angelika‘

After the failure of the March Revolution in 1848, drastic changes occurred in prevailing worldviews, society and politics. The literature of the time was also characterized by certain specific features. Among other things, the literary movement of realism could be located. The writers focus on topics from the everyday life of the middle class. The novella also played a major role in realism. The writer Max Ring dedicates himself to novelistic literary work. He published the novella ,Angelika‘ in his collection ,Loose Birds‘. The central element of the novella is a moment of crisis that happens to the main character, the experienced classicist painter Angelika Kauffmann, and represents a turning point in her life.