Die Engel mit dem Spleen is a German-language collection by Kasimir Edschmid, one of the leading theorists and practitioners of German literary Expressionism. Edschmid’s famous 1917 manifesto on Expressionism defined the movement’s aesthetic principles, and his fiction — characterized by heightened emotion, exotic settings, and vivid stylistic intensity — put those principles into practice.
This collection reflects his characteristic blend of intellectual energy and exotic atmosphere. Download this free public-domain EPUB to encounter one of German Expressionism’s most programmatic and vivid literary voices in a representative selection of his prose.