Heinrich Von Kleist : : Artistic and Aesthetic Legacies.
"The works and biography of Heinrich von Kleist have fascinated authors, artists, and philosophers for centuries, and his enduring relevance is evident in the emblematic role he has played for generations. Kleist's prose works remain "utterly unique" seventy years after Thomas Ma...
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| Superior document: | Amsterdamer Beiträge Zur Neueren Germanistik Series ; v.96 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Amsterdamer Beiträge Zur Neueren Germanistik Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
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| Summary: | "The works and biography of Heinrich von Kleist have fascinated authors, artists, and philosophers for centuries, and his enduring relevance is evident in the emblematic role he has played for generations. Kleist's prose works remain "utterly unique" seventy years after Thomas Mann described their singular appeal, his dramas remain "disturbingly current" four decades after E.L. Doctorow characterized their modernity, and twenty-first century readers need not read far before finding the unresolved questions of the current century in Kleist. Heinrich von Kleist: Artistic and Aesthetic Legacies explores examples of Kleist's impact on artistic creations and aesthetic theory spanning over two centuries of seismic metaphysical crises and nightmare scenarios from Europe to Mexico to Japan to manifestations of the American Dream"-- |
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| ISBN: | 900468655X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |