Affinities : essays in German and English literature: dedicated to the memory of Oswald Wolff (1897-1968) / edited by R.W. Last
1971, First Edition. London : Wolff. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #242460
ISBN: 0854960651
Physical description; x, 353 pages, plate : portrait ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Between the idyllic and the sublime-some aspects of the reception of Milton in Switzerland, by J.H. Tisch. -- Schiller and Shakespeare-some points of contact, by W.F. Mainland. -- Germany, German literature and mid-nineteenth century British novelists, by L.H.C. Thomas. -- Enoch arden in the German Alps: a comparative study of Tennyson's Enoch Arden and Duboc's Walpra, by M.J. Norst. -- The strong enchanter: W.B. Yeats and Nietzsche, by P. Bridgwater. -- Gerhart Hauptmann and Hamlet, by H.F. Garten. -- Ashley Dukes and the German theatre between the wars, by J.M. Ritchie. -- Vernon Watkins and German literature, by H.M. Waidson. -- The Chatterton theme in modern German literature, by B. Keith-Smith. -- The "comedy of politics": Dürrenmatt's King John, by A. Subiotto. -- Tradition and nightmare-some reflections on the postwar novel in England and Germany, by W.E. Yuill. -- H.C. Artmann and the English nonsense tradition, by J.C. Alldridge. -- Lavater, Mendelssohn, Lichtenberg, by E.J. Engel. -- Goethe's Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten, by H. Popper. -- Mörike and Hölty, by R.B. Farrell. -- Herder and Nietzsche, by D. Williams. -- "Maria Stuart": Agnes Miegel's originality as a ballad-writer, by G. Rodger. -- The "twenties and Berlin", by A. Natan. -- A letter from Barlach to Kokoschka, by L. Forster. -- German men of letters, by B.E. Schatzky. -- Theodor Fontane on Laurence Sterne, by D. Turner. -- "Ophelia": variations on a theme, by Ian Hilton. -- Gertrud von le Fort and Graham Greene, by J. Foster. -- Koeppen: red buses in an enchanted forest, by M.A.L. Brown. -- Eliot, Poe and Usinger, by R.W. Last. Summary; Festschrift for Oswald Wolff containing essays on German and English literature. ; Contains contributions from; J. H. Tisch, W. F. Mainland, L. H. C. Thomas, M. J. Norst, P. Bridgwater, H. F. Garten, J. M. Ritchie, H. M. Waidson, B. Keith-Smith, A. Subiotto, W. E. Yuill, J. C. Alldridge, E. J. Engel, H. Popper, R. B. Farrell, D. Williams, G. Rodger, A. Natan, L. Forster, B. E. Schatzky, D. Turner, Ian Hilton, J. Foster, M. A. L. Brown, R. W. Last. Subjects; Wolff, Oswald (1897-1968). Comparative literature — German and English. Comparative literature — English and German. German literature — History and criticism. English literature — History and criticism. German literature. Literature, Comparative — German and English. Literature, Comparative — English and German. English Literature. Comparative Literature. History. Criticism. German literature — Addresses, essays, lectures. English literature, (1558-1970) — Critical studies — Festschriften. German literature, (1750-1970) — Critical studies — Festschriften. German literature - Collected essays, studies, etc. "Festschriften". Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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