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    The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin 

    Price, David (1990)
    This is the first comprehensive study of the dramas of Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), one of the most versatile and complex playwrights of early modern Germany. Frischlin’s broad range encompassed biblical, confessional, ...
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    Unity and Language 

    O'Flaherty, James C. (1952)
    This 1952 study is an investigation into the nature of language that focuses on reinterpreting Hamann's theories of language in light of twentieth century linguistic philosophy. One of the first studies of Hamann to be ...
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    Ballad of the Buried Life 

    Hagelstange, Rudolf; Salinger, Herman (1962)
    A news item concerning six German soldiers trapped for years in the army food storage bunker provided Rudolf Hagelstange with a plot and an effective symbol to express the tensions, emotions, and paradoxes of modern man's ...
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    Liebe und Ehe 

    Wilfried Moelleken, Wolfgang (1970)
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    The Hermit in German Literature 

    John Fitzell, Henry (1961)
    In this thorough study of the figure of the hermit in the works of German writers Fitzell analyzes characters in works by Lessing, Goethe, Klinger, Hoffmann, Wieland, Eichendorff and others. The author argues that the ...
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    The Marble Statue as Idea 

    Oertel Sjögren, Christine (1972)
    Each of the nine essays in this illuminating study of "Der Nachsommer" focuses on heretofore overlooked details of the novel. As all the phenomena presented are oriented toward fulfillment of their highest potential, the ...
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    Poems of Goethe 

    Zeydel, Edwin H. (1957)
    Following his previous translation of one hundred of Goethe's poems, in this volume Zeydel presents translations of a selection of Goethe's shorter poems, the majority of which were written in the last twenty years of his ...
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    Studies in Nietzsche and the Judaeo-Christian Tradition 

    O'Flaherty, James C.; Sellner, Timothy F.; Helm, Robert M. (1985)
    This collection of essays is a sequel to the editors' 1976 volume "Studies in Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition". Philosophers, theologians, and literary historians discuss important aspects of Nietzsche's attack on ...
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    Die satirische Kurzprosa Heinrich Bölls 

    Friedrichsmeyer, Erhard (1981)
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    The Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment 

    Van Cleve, John W. (1986)
    John Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the 'Verburgerlichung' (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and ...
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    Gregorius 

    Von Aue, Hartmann; Zeydel, Edwin H.; Morgan, Bayard Quincy (1955)
    Originally published in 1955, this rendering in rhyming couplets was the first English translation to appear of the medieval Oedipus legend of Gregorius, made known to readers by Thomas Mann in his novel "The Holy Sinner" ...
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    The Poetics of Historical Perspectivism 

    Anne Kowalik, Jill (1992)
    Jill Kowalik reevaluates J. J. Breitinger's "Critische Dichtkunst" (1740) with regard to a heretofore neglected aspect of aesthetics in the early eighteenth century, namely how poesis and historiography could increasingly ...
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    Young Nietzsche and the Wagnerian Experience 

    Love, Frederick R. (1963)
    Using previously unpublished and neglected sources, this 1963 study of the critical decade in the philosopher's development that culminated in "The Birth of Tragedy" in 1871 fully exploited for the first time the extensive ...
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    The Poetry of Brecht 

    Thomson, Philip (1989)
    Though not a survey of Bertolt Brecht's poetry, this book covers the major periods in his work and most of its major themes as well. Each of the seven chapters deals with a segment from Brecht's considerably poetic opus. ...
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    Realism and Reality 

    Silz, Walter (1954)
    In this 1954 study of poetic realism and the "Novelle" form, Silz examines nine "Novellen" by Brentano, Arnim, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Grillsparzer, Keller, Meyer, Storm and Hauptmann. Through his textual interpretation ...
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    Goethe's "Faust" 

    Cottrell, Alan P. (1976)
    The essays in this collection range from close textual analysis to discussions of larger problems such as Goethe's relation to Christianity as illuminated by the theme of sacrifice in "Faust". This work is viewed with ...
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    Friedrich Nietzsche's Impact on Modern German Literature 

    Reichert, Herbert W. (1975)
    These previously published essays discuss Nietzsche's influence on Arthur Schnitzler, Carl Sternheim, Georg Kaiser, Robert Musil, and Hermann Hesse. As a Festschrift, it also contains a tribute to Herbert W. Reichert and ...
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    Herod and Mariamne 

    Hebbel, Friedrich; Curts, Paul H. (1950)
    Originally published in 1950, this volume contains a vivid English verse translation by Paul H. Curts of one of the most profound and moving tragedies of German literature.
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    Hermann Hesse and His Critics 

    Mileck, Joseph (1958)
    Originally published in celebration of Hermann Hesse's 80th birthday, this highly documented study, practical handbook, and reference work for Hesse scholarship is presented in three parts. Mileck gives a short biography ...
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    The "Parzival" of Wolfram von Eschenbach 

    Zeydel, Edwin H.; Morgan, Bayard Quincy (1951)
    Originally published in 1951, this collaboration of two accomplished translators resulted in the first English verse translation of a major work of German literature. Rather than a translation of the entire poem, in this ...
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    Novalis and Mathematics 

    Dyck, Martin (1960)
    A study of in the interrelationship of the sciences and the humanities grounded in the writings of Novalis in the early Romantic period, this work is of special interest to literary historians, mathematicians, and mathematical ...
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    The German Poetry of Paul Fleming 

    Sperberg-McQueen, Marian R. (1990)
    This study reassesses the poetry of Paul Fleming (1609–1640) in the context of its own literary, historical, and social background. The four chapters focus initially on generic and historical context. The study of selected ...
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    Goethe's Cyclical Narratives 

    Brown, Jane K. (1975)
    The novelty of this study lies in its techniques for understanding the deliberate narrative contradictions and elusive parody in Goethe's work. Interpretation of the entire "Unterhaltungen", including the Märchen, establishes ...
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    Friedrich von Hausen 

    Bekker, Hugo (1977)
    The author casts new light on Hausen's lyrics by often favoring the manuscript readings. In the readings, irony emerges as a leading poetic device, as does the element of "Spiel". Questions arise regarding such concepts ...
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    Basic Concepts in the Philosophy of Gottfried Keller 

    Reichert, Herbert W. (1949)
    Originally published in 1949, this volume contains a skillful analysis of the concepts of "Natur" and "Freiheit" and their influence on Keller's ideas in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and politics, supported by pertinent ...
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    Medieval German Lyric Verse in English Translation 

    Thomas, J.W. (1968)
    This anthology contains representative selections from the verse of Minnesingers, nuns, priests, goliards, Spielleute, middle-class singers, and noblemen from the twelfth to the fifteenth century together with historical ...
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    Six Essays on the Young German Novel 

    Sammons, Jeffrey L. (1972)
    In this study of the prose fiction of Das Junge Deutschland, the internal stresses and paradoxes of specific texts are examined and special attention is devoted to the unfulfilled strivings toward realism. Following an ...
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    The Impatient Muse 

    Leidner, Alan C. (1994)
    Far from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience—as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their ...
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    Wilhelm Müller's Lyrical Song-Cycles 

    Cottrell, Alan P. (1970)
    The poetry of Wilhelm Müller, to whom Heine expressed indebtedness for his renewal of the forms of the German "Volkslied", had rarely been discussed in depth prior to this volume originally published in 1970. Cottrell's ...
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    Goethe, the Lyrist 

    Zeydel, Edwin H. (1955)
    In this volume originally published in 1955, Zeydel provides English translations of one hundred of Goethe's poems divided into nine periods. The biographical introduction traces Goethe's development as seen in his poems ...
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    The Urge to Live 

    Rhein, Phillip H. (1964)
    This is a penetrative and perceptive comparison of two of the most discussed novels of the twentieth century. Beginning with Camus' own appraisal of Kafka's work, the study convincingly analyzes the authors' fictive ...
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    The Letters of Arthur Schnitzler to Hermann Bahr 

    Daviau, Donald G. (1978)
    Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) and Hermann Bahr (1863-1934), two of the leading literary personalities in turn-of-the-century Vienna, maintained a friendship that lasted forty years. These letters contribute to an understanding ...
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    Rilke—Kommentar zu den "Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" 

    Small, William (1983)
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    Gerhart Hauptmann's "Before Daybreak" 

    Bauland, Peter (1978)
    "Before Daybreak", the first important drama of German naturalism, was also the first play of Gerhart Hauptmann, the most significant naturalist of the theater. This translation by Peter Bauland (originally published in ...
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    The Maiden of Orleans 

    Schiller, Friedrich; Krumpelmann, John T. (1962)
    First published as an American contribution to the 1959 bicentennial celebration of Friedrich Schiller's birth, Krumpelmann's translation of the poet's Joan of Arc drama retains the iambic pentameter of the original. This ...
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    Honor in German Literature 

    Fenwick Jones, George (1959)
    Originally published in 1959, this first scholarly study of the origin and development of the concept of honor in German literature traces its role from ancient Germanic to modern works and shows how the transformation ...
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    The Look of Things 

    Strathausen, Carsten (2003)
    Examining the relationship between German poetry, philosophy, and visual media around 1900, Carsten Strathausen argues that the poetic works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Stefan George focused on the ...
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    The Laxdœla Saga 

    Arent Madelung, A. Margaret (1972)
    This study is an unorthodox approach to the origin, historicity, and authorship of the anonymous Icelandic sagas. Following the publication of her translation of the "Laxdœla Saga", in this volume Madelung uses her deep ...
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    Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels 

    Shookman, Ellis (1997)
    Using the nine novels of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813) as case studies, Shookman explores the notion of fictionality both as a distinctive feature of the stories themselves and as a distinguishing characteristic of ...
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    Ludwig Tieck and America 

    Matenko, Percy (1954)
    This study explores the question of Tieck's reception in and influence on the American literary scene before 1900, with the additional goal of shedding light on the reception in America of German Romanticism as a whole. ...
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