Adalbert Stifter and the Idyll A Study of Witiko |
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Author:
| Stone Grossmann, Barbara Suzanne |
Series title: | American University Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-8204-0515-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1989 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $40.50 |
Book Description:
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The historical novel
Witiko, written by the nineteenth-century Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, presents an interesting problem for the study of literary reception. Stifter's attempt at integrating the narrative forms of the historical novel and the Biedermeier idyll results in a novel which is very different from the standard historical novel of the Scott tradition. Though trying on the reader, Stifter's extreme stylization raises interesting questions regarding the successful...
More DescriptionThe historical novel Witiko, written by the nineteenth-century Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, presents an interesting problem for the study of literary reception. Stifter's attempt at integrating the narrative forms of the historical novel and the Biedermeier idyll results in a novel which is very different from the standard historical novel of the Scott tradition. Though trying on the reader, Stifter's extreme stylization raises interesting questions regarding the successful creation and limits of a literary illusion.