Adelheit Von Rastenberg - The Original German Text

Informationen zum Autor Eleonore Thon (1753-1807) was a member of an impoverished noble family and the daughter of August Friedrich Röder, private secretary at the ducal court in Weimar. She wrote three novels, including the widely read Julie von Hirenthal (1780-83), and many poems, translations, and essays. Adelheit von Rastenberg is her only known play. Klappentext When the knight Adelbert leaves his beloved Adelheit for the Crusades, her father arranges for her to marry the rich and powerful Robert von Rastenberg, whom she does not love. Several years later, Adelheit encounters her former lover.Purporting to chronicle historical events, Eleonore Thon's play reveals more about the changing roles of women at the dawn of the Industrial Age than it does about knightly conduct in the German Middle Ages.

Product details

• Authors: Eleonore Thon
• Assisted by: Karin A Wurst (Editor), Karin A. Wurst (Editor), George F. Peters (Translation)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9780873527811
• ISBN: 978-0-87352-781-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Texts and Translations; Texts and Translations; MLA Texts and Translations
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies