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Else Lasker-Schüler

Literary Character
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A German-Jewish Expressionist poet whose work fused mystical love, biblical imagery, and exile into intensely lyrical, visionary verse.

Detailed Definition
Lasker-Schüler’s visionary verse blends Hebrew mysticism, Oriental fantasy, and personal lament, especially after her exile from Nazi Germany. In poetry, she appears as a prophetess of fractured identity, symbolizing the fusion of erotic and spiritual longing, linguistic innovation, and the poet as eternal wanderer.
Example
Example in poetry:
Else Lasker-Schüler’s "Hebräische Balladen" constructs King David as a lyrical alter ego; Her persona "Jussuf” blends orientalist fantasy with Jewish identity; In "Mein Blaues Klavier," she portrays the exiled poet as a fragile, visionary character; Lasker-Schüler’s use of collage and drawing gives her characters visual-poetic dimension.
Additional Notes
Else Lasker-Schüler, a German-Jewish Expressionist poet, crafted exotic, mystical alter egos like “Prince Jussuf”; her literary characters blur gender, culture, and identity, offering a radical model of poetic self-invention and diasporic longing in early 20th-century verse.
Also Known As
Else Schüler
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