A Companion to the Works of Heinrich von Kleist
A Companion to the Works of Heinrich von Kleist (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) Bernd Fischer (Editor)
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571131779
DDC: 838.609
Edition: Hardcover; 2002-01-01
Summary:
For over 150 years, Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) has been one of
the most widely read and performed German authors. His status in the
literary canon is firmly established, but he has always been one of
Germany's most contentiously discussed authors. Today's critical
debate on his unique prose narratives and dramas is as heated as
ever. Many critics regard Kleist as a lone presager of the aesthetics
and philosophies of late nineteenth - and early twentieth-century
modernism. Yet there can be no question that he responds in his works
and letters to the philosophical, aesthetic, and political debates of
his time. During the last thirty years, the scholarship on Kleist's
work and life has departed from the existentialist wave of the 1950s
and early 1960s and opened up new avenues for coming to terms with
his unusual talent. The present volume brings together the most
important and innovative of these newer scholarly approaches: the
essays include critically informed, up-to-date interpretations of
Kleist's most-discussed stories and dramas. Other contributions
analyze Kleist's literary means and styles and their theoretical
underpinnings. They include articles on Kleist's narrative and
theatrical technique, poetic and aesthetic theory, philosophical and
political thought, and insights from new biographical research.
Contributors: Jeffrey L. Sammons, Jost Hermand, Anthony Stephens,
Bianca Theisen, Hinrich C. Seeba, Bernhard Greiner, Helmut J.
Schneider, Tim Mehigan, Susanne Zantop, Hilda M. Brown, and Seán
Allan. Bernd Fischer is Professor of German and Head of the
Department of German at Ohio State University.
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