Based on historical events, this thrilling saga of violence and retribution bridges the gap between Medieval and modern literature, and speaks so profoundly to the contemporary spirit that it has been the basis of numerous plays, movies, and novels.It has
From 'The Marquis of O--', in which a woman is made pregnant without her knowledge, to the vivid and inexplicable suffering portrayed in 'The Earthquake in Chile', his stories are those of a man swimming against the tide of the German Enlightenment, unabl
An ingenious “whodunit” and one of the greatest works of German literature, The Marquise of O– subverts the 18th-century notion of the infallibility of man and reveals the true ambiguity and caprice of humanity. Held captive by a band of unspeakable
Beim Erscheinen im Jahr 1808 wurde Heinrich von Kleists 'Die Marquise von O...' wegen der angedeuteten Vergewaltigung als Skandalgeschichte empfunden. Heute gilt die Erzählung als ein frühes Beispiel weiblicher Emanzipation. Am Schicksal der Marquise, d
Short Shorts is a delightful anthology of miniature masterpieces. Here are thirty-eight brief, brilliant flashes of fiction, both classic and contemporary. Each work is superb, intense, and speaks to the human condition in a profound, often provocative wa
"Tell me, please - is this a dream?' The night before he leads his troops into battle, the prince of Homburg strips off his uniform and goes sleepwalking. Moonstruck, his mind races with a young man's fantasies - love, ambition and victory. But when the m
Heinrich von Kleist#58; Werke und Briefe in vier Bänden. Herausgegeben von Siegfried Streller in Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Goldammer und Wolfgang Barthel, Anita Golz, Rudolf Loch, Berlin und Weimar#58; Aufbau, 1978. Entstanden wohl 1806, Erstdruck#58; Dre
Der Hauslehrer Jeronimo und seine Schülerin Josephe verlieben sich ineinander. Jeronimo wird daraufhin entlassen und Josephe in ein Kloster gesteckt. Trotzdem geht aus der Verbindung bald ein Kind hervor. Josephe wird deshalb der Prozess gemacht – sie
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"No amount of wisdom could possibly make sense of the mysterious verdict which God intended through this duel."A new translation of a key work by one of European literature’s most important early writers.
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