Theodor Storm: Immensee / Adelbert von Chamisso: Peter Schlemihl / Adalbert Stifter: Brigitta ---Theodor Storm (1817 - 88), poet and short-story writer, was bor
New essays providing an overview of the major movements, genres, and authors of 19th-century German literature in social and political context. This volume prov
A much-needed look at the fiction that was actually read by masses of Germans in the late nineteenth century, and the conditions of its publication and receptio
Translations of eight masterpieces by writers who defined the modern German short story. Includes works by Schnitzler, Kleist, Kafka, Mann, Hauptmann, Rilke, Ho
This volume of new essays by leading scholars treats a representative sampling of German realist prose from the period 1848 to 1900, the period of its dominance