Dennis F Mahoney

Eighteenth Century German Prose: Heinse, La Roche, Wieland, and others - German Library Dennis F Mahoney

Jacket Description/Back: The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forwards by internationally known writers and introductions by prominent scholars. Table of Contents: Foreword: Dennis F. MahoneyIntroduction: Ellis Shookman SOPHIE VON LA ROCHEFrom The History of Miss von SternheimGlossaryTranslated by Ellis Shookman GEORG FORSTERFrom A Voyage round the WorldGlossary CHRISTOPH MARTIN WIELANDThe Case of teh Ass's ShadowFrom The History of the AbderitesGlossaryTranslated by Ellis Shookman KARL PHILIPP MORITZFrom Anton ReiserGlossaryTranslated by P. E. Matheson, revised by Ellis Shookman WILHELM HEINSEFrom ArdinghelloGlossaryTranslated by Ellis Shookman ULRICH BRAKERFrom The Life Story and Real Adventures of the Poor Man of ToggenburgGlossaryTranslated by Derek Bowman BibliographyPublisher Marketing: Excerpts six texts (by La Roche, Forster, Wieland, Moritz, Heinse, and Braker) that show a cross-section of forms and themes that are representative as well as special examples of 18th-century German prose. Foreword by Dennis F. Mahoney. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Contributor Bio:  Shookman, Ellis ELLIS SHOOKMAN is Associate Professor of German at Dartmouth College. His previous books include Eighteenth-Century German Prose (1992), The Faces of Physiognomy (1993), Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels: Aspects of Fictionality in the Novels of Christoph Martin Wieland (1997), and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice: A Novella and Its Critics (2003). Contributor Bio:  Wieland, Christoph Martin Christoph Martin Wieland (* 5. September 1733 in Oberholzheim bei Biberach an der Riss; 20. Januar 1813 in Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) war ein deutscher Dichter, Ubersetzer und Herausgeber zur Zeit der Aufklarung. William Shakespeare (getauft am 26. April 1564jul. in Stratford-upon-Avon; 23. Apriljul./ 3. Mai 1616greg. ebenda) war ein englischer Dramatiker, Lyriker und Schauspieler.