Re-Interpretations: Seven Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature by Stern, J. P - 1964

New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1964 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ix, 370 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, I. Antecedents and Comparisons; II. Beyond the Common Indication: Grillparzer; III. A World of Suffering: Georg Buchner; IV. The Aesthetic Re-Interpretation: Schopenhauer; V. History and Prophecy: Heine; VI. Propitiations: Adalbert Stifter; VII. Realism and Tolerance: Theodor Fontane; Epilogue; three notes, index. First Edition, 1864. "The author begins by showing what literary heritage Goethe left to those who came after him; studies of the writings of Grillparzr, Georg Buchner, Schopenhauer, Heine, Adalbert Stifter and Theodor Fontane for the main argument of the book. The author's aim has been to show how the value, the particular charm and weaknesses of these neglected works derive from their special combination of prophetic and archaic elements, a combination of the existential and parochial. Each of these authors whose work is discussed offers a re-interpretation of the real world -- a view only paritally and sometimes not at all related to the social and political realities of the age. Thus these works are surprisingly modern in what they say about individual experience." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green Cloth with gilt lettering to spine..