About the book: 2013 / The book contains essays by the Swiss literary critic Peter von Matt, representing the path, first of all, of German-language literature of the Alpine country in the context of history. Separate articles are devoted to Swiss writers - from Jeremiah Gotthelf and Gottfried Keller, Johann Caspar Lavater and Robert Walser to Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Max Frisch, Adelheid Duvanel and Otto F. Walter.