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Great German Short Stories
Contributor(s): Bates, Evan (Editor)
ISBN: 048643205X     ISBN-13: 9780486432052
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2003
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Annotation: Translations of 8 masterpieces by writers who defined the modern German short story, including Arthur Schnitzler's "Lieutenant Gustl," Heinrich von Kleist's "Earthquake in Chile," as well as important works by Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Gerhart Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Clemens Brentano.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2003055218
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.26" W x 8.4" (0.46 lbs) 237 pages
 
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The unique boundaries of the short story have attracted a majority of the prominent writers in the German language since the genre attained its modern form and became widely read around the turn of the 19th century.
This collection, featuring stories by eight of the form's most successful practitioners, includes Arthur Schnitzler's "Lieutenant Gustl," considered to be the first purely interior monologue in European literature; Heinrich von Kleist's "Earthquake in Chile," a highly charged narrative in which nature and public opinion precipitate acts of incredible violence; as well as important works by Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Gerhart Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Clemens Brentano.
Required reading for students of world literature, this volume will be a welcome addition to the collection of any literary connoisseur.