Adalbert Stifter: A Critical Study

Klappentext This major study reassesses Adalbert Stifter's work within the context of the tradition of nineteenth-century European fictional prose. Zusammenfassung Although Adalbert Stifter (1808–68) has long been recognised as a key figure in nineteenth-century German prose writing, his literary reputation has been curiously volatile. This major 1984 study was a reassessment of Stifter's work within the context of the tradition of nineteenth-century European fictional prose. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Biographical introduction; 2. Stifter criticism; 3. Theme and structure; 4. The tragedy of individuation; 5. Reconciliations; 6. Narrative and style; 7. Conclusion: Stifter and the realist tradition; Abbreviations of periodicals; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Erika Swales, Martin Swales, Martin Swales Swales, Swales Erika, Swales Martin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521155281
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15528-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Anglica Germanica Series 2; Anglica Germanica Series 2
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; austria, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, german, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form