Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This volume brings together plays by three distinctive Viennese playwrights: Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (1801-62), and Friedrich Hebbel (1813-63). King Ottcar's Rise and Fall, by Grillparzer, is less a tragedy than an elaborate celebration of the Hapsburgs. A very different work, Nestroy's The Talisman is a hilarious satire on the prejudice against redheads in an Austrian village. In Agnes Bernauer, Hebbel makes a plea for women's rights against a Hegelian backdrop of social change.
Synopsis
The German Library is anew series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forewords by internationally known writers and introductions by prominent scholars. Here the English-speaking reader can find the broadest possible collection of poetic and intellectual achievements in new as well as great classic translations.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Egon Schwarz
Notes to the Introduction FRANZ GRILLPARZER
KING OTTOCAR'S RISE AND FALLTranslated by Henry H. Stevens JOHANN NEPOMUK NESTROY
THE TALISMANTranslated by Robert Harrison and Katharina Wilson FRIEDRICH HEBBEL
AGNES BERNAUERTranslated by Loueen PatteeAdapted by Hannelore M. Spence Notes to King Ottocar's Rise and Fall
Notes to The Talisman
Notes to Agnes Bernauer