Adalbert Stifter: A Critical Study

Klappentext This 1948 text was the first complete study of Austrian prose writer Adalbert Stifter's work to appear in English. Zusammenfassung Adalbert Stifter (1805–68) is generally recognised in German-speaking countries to be the greatest prose-writer of Austria. This 1948 text was the first complete study of his work to appear in English. The author uses Der Nachsommer, the work of Stifter's maturity, to unlock his other works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Frontispiece; Part I. Prologue: 1. Introduction; Part II. Evolution: 2. The setting; 3. The child; 4. Kremsmünster; 5. Vienna; 6. First loves; 7. Amalia; 8. The first Studien; 9. Der Hochwald; Part III. Realization: 10. Die Narrenburg, Prokopus, Wien und die Wiener; 11. Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters; 12. Abdias, Das alte Siegel, Brigitta; 13. The last studien; Part IV. Crisis: 14. Before the storm; 15. Revolution and reaction; 16. Bunte Steine; Part V. Fruition: 17. Education; 18. Art; 19. Der Nachsommer; 20. Late stories; 21. Witiko; Part VI. Epilogue: 22. The summing up; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Eric A. Blackall, Blackall Eric A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781107601307
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60130-7
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; austria, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 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