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1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 315 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511519406
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Cambridge studies in German
Inhalt:
This is an accessible 1996 study of the plays of Kleist (1777–1811), who ranks with Goethe and Schiller amongst nineteenth-century authors and who has been a major influence on contemporary German writers. Seán Allan examines Kleist's critique of the aspirations of both Enlightenment and Romantic metaphysics, notably his suggestion that the pursuit of 'transcendent' ideals of perfection constitutes a formidable obstacle to genuine progress in human affairs. In so doing, he offers resolutions of a number of long-running controversies in Kleist criticism, as well as summarizing the state of research on all the plays. The book includes discussion of two plays usually neglected by scholars - Das Käthchen von Heilbronn and Die Hermannsschlacht. All quotations are given in both German and English and full references are given to published English translations of Kleist's works as well as to the German originals
Inhalt:
Chronology of Kleist's life and works. 1. Introduction -- I. The Young Kleist. 2. The quest for 'Gluck'. 3. Die Familie Schroffenstein -- II. Virtue Assailed. 4. Der zerbrochne Krug. 5. Amphitryon -- III. Fictions of Femininity. 6. Penthesilea. 7. Das Kathchen von Heilbronn -- IV. Kleist and the National Question. 8. Die Hermannsschlacht. 9. Prinz Friedrich von Homburg. 10. Conclusions
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ISBN 9780521495110
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ISBN 9780521025041
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Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511519406
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Allan, Seán 1961-
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