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The German Classics, Volume 4

Item:

German Classics Book

Title:

The German Classics: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Volume 4

Author:

Jean Paul. Wilhelm von Humboldt. August Wilhelm Schlegel. Friedrich Schlegel. Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg). Friedrich Hölderlin. Ludwig Tieck. Heinrich von Kleist.

Editor:

Kuno Francke

Printer:

The German Publication Society

Place of Printing:

New York

Date of Printing:

1913

Format:

Octavo

Language:

 

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Author and Commentators

Jean Paul (1763-1825), born as Johann Paul Friedrich Richter. German Romantic writer.

Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). German philosopher and diplomat.

August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845). German Romantic poet.

Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829). German poet and philosopher.

Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) (1772- 1801). German poet and philosopher.

Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843). German Romantic poet.

Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853). German Romantic poet and novelist.

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811). German poet, novelist, and dramatist.

Kuno Francke (1855-1930). German-born educator and historian. He was a professor at Harvard.

The Book

Volume 4 contains works of Jean Paul; Wilhelm von Humboldt; August Wilhelm Schlegel; Friedrich Schlegel; Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg); Friedrich Holderlin; Ludwig Tieck; Heinrich von Kleist.

Contents

JEAN PAUL

• The Life of Jean Paul. By Benjamin W. Wells.
• Quintus Fixlein's Wedding. Translated by Thomas Carlyle.
• Rome. Translated by C. T. Brooks.
• The Opening of the Will. Translated by Frances H. King.

WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT

• Schiller and the Process of His Intellectual Development. Translated by Frances H. King.
• The Early Romantic School. By James Taft Hatfield.

AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL

• Lectures on Dramatic Art. Translated by John Black.

FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL

• Introduction to Lucinda. By Calvin Thomas.
• Lucinda. Translated by Paul Bernard Thomas.
• Aphorisms. Translated by Louis H. Gray.

NOVALIS (FRIEDRICH VON HARDENBERG)

• The Story of Hyacinth and Roseblossom. Translated by Lillie Winter.
• Aphorisms. Translated by Frederic H. Hedge.
• Hymn to Night. Translated by Paul Bernard Thomas.
• Though None Thy Name Should Cherish. Translated by Charles Wharton Stork.
• To the Virgin. Translated by Charles Wharton Stork.

FRIEDRICH HOELDERLIN

• Hyperion's Song of Fate. Translated by Charles Wharton Stork.
• Evening Phantasie. Translated by Charles Wharton Stork.

LUDWIG TIECK

• Puss in Boots. Translated by Lillie Winter.
• Fair Eckbert. Translated by Paul Bernard Thomas.
• The Elves. Translated by Frederic H. Hedge.

HEINRICH VON KLEIST

• The Life of Heinrich von Kleist. By John S. Nollen.
• Michael Kohlhaas. Translated by Frances H. King.
• The Prince of Homburg. Translated by Hermann Hagedorn.

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