Commitment and Compassion - Essays on Georg Buchner. Festschrift for Gerhard P. Knapp (English, German, Hardcover)

The writer, scientist, philosopher, and radical democrat Georg Buchner (1813-1837) occupies a unique place in the cultural legacy of the German-speaking countries. Born into an epoch of inevitable, yet arrested historical transition, Buchner produced a small but exceptionally rich body of work. This collection of essays in English and in German considers the full spectrum of his writings, the political pamphlet "Der Hessische Landbote," the dramas "Danton's Tod," "Leonce und Lena," "Woyzeck," and the fragmentary narrative "Lenz," as well as the letters, the philosophical lectures on Descartes and Spinoza, and the scientific texts. The essays examine connections between these works, study texts in detail, debate ways of editing them, and trace their reception in contemporary literature and film. The novel readings presented here not only celebrate Buchner on the eve of his bicentenary birthday but also insert this untimely figure into discussions of the revolution-restoration dynamic and realism in poetics and politics.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Amsterdamer Beitrage zur neueren Germanistik, 81
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Volume editors:	Patrick Fortmann • Martha B. Helfer
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	345
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-3533-1
Languages:	English • German
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Promotions
LSN:	90-420-3533-1
Barcode:	9789042035331

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