The Brief Compass

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Geschichte 1795-1890. German fiction 19th century History and criticism. Short stories, German… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. Contents: 'Ein Deutsches Hausthier'? - Some preliminary remarks. 1). 'or avenne che...': The Novelle from the Renaissance to 1790. 2). 'unterhaltend' and 'befriedigend': Goethe's renewal in 1795. 3). 'etwas mus geschehen': The Romantics. 4). 'moralische Erzählungen': Heinrich von Kleist and the Novelle tradition. 5). 'Schildert Alles': The Biedemeier Novella. 6). 'Freude an der Welt': The… Read more about this item

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Paulin's purpose is to relate theoretical discussion to the tradition whence the Novelle sprang, to examples of the genre written outside Germany and to the wider context of German literature in the nineteenth century.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.