Twelve German novellas
By: edited and translated by Harry Steinhauer.
Contributors: Steinhauer, Harry, 1905-
Series: Campus ; 176
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 618
Subjects: German fiction -- Translations into English; Germany -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Description: The novella, one of the most sophisticated genres of narrative literature, owes its development primarily to German belles letters. In the present collection, Mr. Steinhauer has assembled a representative sampling that ranges from the Enlightenment to the postwar periods and reveals the scope and flexibility of this art form. Included are Wieland's Love and Friendship Tested, Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas, Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl, Hoffmann's Mademoiselle de Scudery, Keller's Clothes Make the Man, Meyer's Sufferings of a Boy, Mann's The Bajazzo, Fontane's Stine, Hauptmann's Heretic of Soana, Kafka's Hunger Artist, Schnitzler's Fraulein Else, and Bergengruen's Ordeal by Fire.
Table of contents: title: Wieland, C. M. Love and friendship tested.; title: Von Kleist, H. Michael Kohlhaas.; title: Hoffman, E. T. A. Mademoiselle de Scudéry.; title: Von Chamisso, A. The strange story of Peter Schlemihl.; title: Keller, G. Clothes make the man.; title: Meyer, C. F. The sufferings of a boy.; title: Fontane, T. Stine.; title: Mann, T. The buffoon.; title: Hauptmann, G. The heretic of Soana.; title: Schnitzler, A. Fräulein Else.; title: Kafka, F. A hunger artist.; title: Bergengruen, W. Ordeal by fire.