A Companion to German Realism 1848-1900

Book Overview

New, specially commissioned essays on representative works of 19th-century German realism.

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 of the German literary landscape. It includes essays on familiar, canonical authors -- Stifter, Freytag, Raabe, Fontane, Thomas Mann -- and canonical texts, but also considers writers frequently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157113445X
• ISBN13: 9781571134455
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"