Heinrich Von Kleist: Literary and Philosophical Paradigms

by Rebecca Stewart

Volume of new essays investigating Kleist's influences and sources both literary and philosophical, their role as paradigms, and the ways in which he responded to and often shattered them.

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a rebel who upset canonization by employing his predecessors and contemporaries as what Steven Howe calls "inspirational foils." It was precisely a keen awareness of literary and philosophical traditions that allowed Kleist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640140964
• ISBN13: 9781640140967
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"