Synopses & Reviews
Since its posthumous publication in 1892, German, French, British and American critics have regarded the novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen by Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) as the epitome of German Romanticism. A critical history of Heinrich von Ofterdingen thus provides an exemplaryopportunity to analyze changing patterns of German and international literary criticism over the past two hundred years, particularly with respect tothe changing definitions of Romanticism. Critical response to the Klingsohr tale in the novel is a constant point of reference in this study, providing a record of successive approaches to the work.
Synopsis
Critical history of classic nineteenth-century German Romantic novel.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-150) and index.