num_pages: 305
description: The frame story, a series of stories presented within a narrative, has been a staple in the catalogue of literary genres ever since people started to tell tales. It enables the writer to integrate a wealth of heterogenous material and comment on contemporary events as well. German writers of the Romantic period, such as Achim von Arnim in Der Wintergarten (1809) and E.T.A. Hoffman in Die Serapionsbruder (1818-21) followed Goethe in his expansion of the frame and began to experiment with the genre, making the first significant changes to the structure of the frame story in several hundred years.
language: English
title: Bending the Frame in the German Cyclical Narrative: Achim Von Arnim's Der Wintergarten and E.T.A. Hoffmann's Die Serapionsbruder
titlecomplete: Bending the Frame in the German Cyclical Narrative: Achim Von Arnim's Der Wintergarten and E.T.A. Hoffmann's Die Serapionsbruder
publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr