Plays of Heinrich Von Kleist - Ideals and Illusions

Klappentext This is an accessible study of the plays of Heinrich von Kleist (1777 1811)! whose work has been highly influential in contemporary German writing. Zusammenfassung This is an accessible 1996 study of the plays of Kleist (1777–1811), an important and much-studied author whose work has been highly influential in contemporary German writing. Seán Allan examines Kleist's critique of the aspirations of both Enlightenment and Romantic metaphysics, and offers resolutions of a number of long-running controversies in Kleist criticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The Young Kleist: 2. The quest for 'Glück'; 3. Die Familie Schroffenstein; Part II. Virtue Assailed: 4. Der zerbrochene Krug; 5. Amphitryon; Part III. Fictions of Femininity: 6. Penthesilea; 7. Das Käthchen von Heilbronn; Part IV. Kleist and the National Question: 8. Die Hermannsschlacht; 9. Prinz Friedrich von Homburg; 10. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Se N. Allan, Sean Allan, Seán Allan
• Mitarbeit: H. B. Nisbet (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025041
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02504-1
• Seiten: 336
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, german, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights