Army-Chaplain Schmelzle's Journey to Flaetz and Life of Quintus Fixlein

by Ludwig Tieck, Johann Karl August Musäus, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, et al.

Book Overview

Carlyle's translations of two of Jean Paul's most accomplished novels.

Thomas Carlyle's preoccupation with German literature and the German spirit, beginning in 1819, had acquainted him with two creative giants, Goethe and Schiller, motivating him to translate Wilhelm Meister and to write hisLife of Schiller. But then he discovered another great figure, even closer to his heart: Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. The study of Richter's works developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938100890
• ISBN13: 9780938100898
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"