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Heinrich Von Kleist : the ambiguity of art and the necessity of form
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Heinrich Von Kleist : the ambiguity of art and the necessity of form

Author: H M Brown
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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This book presents an integrated approach to the literary and non-literary writings of Heinrich von Kleist. Analysis of Kleist's early letters, in particular, illuminates the oblique and unique processes by which he became aware of his vocation.
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Named Person: Heinrich von Kleist; Heinrich von Kleist; Heinrich von Kleist; Heinrich von Kleist
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: H M Brown
ISBN: 0198158955 9780198158950
OCLC Number: 38304286
Description: viii, 409 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The Letters --
2. The Occasional Writings --
3. The Erzahlungen. Michael Kohlhaas. Der Zweikampf. Das Erdbeben in Chili. Die Heilige Cacilie oder Die Gewalt der Musik. Die Verlobung in St. Domingo. Der Findling. Die Marquise von O. --
4. The Dramas. Die Familie Schroffenstein. Robert Guiskard. Der zerbrochne Krug. Amphitryon. Penthesilea. Das Kathchen von Heilbronn. Die Hermannsschlacht. Prinz Friedrich von Homburg.
Responsibility: Hilda Meldrum Brown.
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Study of the works of the German author which offers a new perspective in which the visual and theatrical features are emphasised alongside Kleist's familiar and all-pervasive irony and paradox. His  Read more...

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