Adalbert Stifter's Bunte Steine An Analysis of Theme, Style, and Structure in Three Novellas |
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| Author:
| Jeter, Joseph Carroll |
| Series title: | Austrian Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-2730-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.95 |
Book Description:
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Bunte Steine, the 1853 collection of six novellas by the Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, is widely known and acclaimed by readers of German literature. This study compares and contrasts the most narratively disparate of those stories to uncover the underlying stylistic and philosophical unities among them. The thematic commonality demonstrated here challenges the traditional view of the collection as primarily an editorial expedient and also suggests new consistencies with its...
More Description Bunte Steine, the 1853 collection of six novellas by the Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, is widely known and acclaimed by readers of German literature. This study compares and contrasts the most narratively disparate of those stories to uncover the underlying stylistic and philosophical unities among them. The thematic commonality demonstrated here challenges the traditional view of the collection as primarily an editorial expedient and also suggests new consistencies with its equally famous, but critically troublesome, «Vorrede».