| The Brief Compass: The Nineteenth Century German Novelle Contributor(s): Paulin, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198158106 ISBN-13: 9780198158103 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1985 Annotation: The German Novelle-or short prose fiction-was a major literary form in 19th-century Germany. This book studies the roots from which the Novelle sprang-tracing the affinities between the Novelle and the Romance tradition of Boccaccio and Cervantes-important statements on its form and function appear here in appendices-but Paulin's main purpose is to relate the theoretical to the continuity of the genre, to examples written outside Germany, and to the wider context of German literature in the 19th century.} |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 833.010 |
| LCCN: 85013596 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.22" W x 8.34" (0.79 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The German Novelle-or short prose fiction-was a major literary form in 19th-century Germany. This book studies the roots from which the Novelle sprang-tracing the affinities between the Novelle and the Romance tradition of Boccaccio and Cervantes-important statements on its form and function appear here in appendices-but Paulin's main purpose is to relate the theoretical to the continuity of the genre, to examples written outside Germany, and to the wider context of German literature in the 19th century.} |