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The Hermit in German Literature : (From Lessing to Eichendorff)

Part of the University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature series
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In this thorough study of the figure of the hermit in the works of German writers Fitzell analyzes characters in works by Lessing, Goethe, Klinger, Hoffmann, Wieland, Eichendorff and others.

The author argues that the figure of the hermit characterizes the quality of inwardness and withdrawal from society characteristic of German literature, and shows how this quality was represented in the age of Goethe.

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0807888303 / 9780807888308
Paperback / softback
30/05/2020
United States
148 pages
152 x 229 mm, 220 grams