Desire's Sway: The Plays and Stories of Heinrich Von Kleist

by James M. McGlathery

In Desire's Sway, James M. McGlathery investigates the role of suppressed sexual desire in the works of the important German author Heinrich von Kleist. In contrast to the past hundred years of Kleist criticism, which has been predominately from the standpoints of ideology, moral philosophy, and abstract thought, McGlathery views Kleist as a subtly ironic humorist. Desire's Sway is a study of Kleist's plays and stories as written in the spirit of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814317340
• ISBN13: 9780814317341
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"