[PDF] Heinrich Von Kleist Three Plays eBook

Author : Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1783192607

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Includes the plays Prince Friedrich von Homburg, The Broken Pitcher and Ordeal by Fire Heinrich von Kleist committed suicide in 1811. His masterpiece, Prince Friedrich von Homburg, is set in the world of Prussian militarism. The young cavalry general of the title achieves swift victory in the field, only to be sentenced to death for rash disobedience. In the comedy, The Broken Pitcher, a visiting judge comes to inspect a small village and finds it rife with corruption. Ordeal by Fire is a beguiling piece about the mysterious love of an armour-repairer’s daughter for a young travelling knight.

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,32 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0810121158

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The Kleist play rather leaves the impression that "God's in his Heaven, all's right with the world." Bentley juxtaposes the suicide and the play."--Jacket.

Author : Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher : Smith & Kraus
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 2000
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"Amphitryon", written in 1807, is an adaptation of a classical comedy by the Roman author Plautus. It is the story of an Theban general named Amphitryon and his misadventures with his betrothed, who sets a task for him before marrying him."The Broken Jug", written in 1806, is a comedy about a judge who breaks a jug, and coerces a country girl to keep his secret, which she does-- up to a point. "The Prince of Homburg", written in 1809-10, is a comedy-drama about a successful young officer, who is seen sleepwalking with a laurel wreath on his head. His commander, the Great Elector, is offended by this and later threatens the prince with death for supposedly disobeying an order. At first the prince begs for his life, then determines to go with dignity... only to find that perhaps life is a dream, after all.

Author : Seán Allan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 1996-07-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521495113

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An accessible 1996 study of the plays of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), whose work has been highly influential in contemporary German writing.

Author : Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780872207431

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Aiming in his translation for an English haunted and affected by the strangeness of the original, David Constantine offers a wealth of Heinrich von Kleist's key writings in this collection, the most ambitious of its kind.

Author : Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811228355

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An extraordinary masterpiece of German literature, now in a gripping new English translation Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worse—his servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymied—but Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists. Standing up against the bureaucratic machine of the empire, Kohlhaas becomes an indomitable figure that you can’t help rooting for from start to finish. Knotty, darkly comical, magnificent in its weirdness, and one of the greatest and most influential tales in German literature, this short novel, first published in German in 1810, is now available in award-winning Michael Hofmann’s sparkling new English translation.