Heinrich Von Kleist's Poetics of Passivity

by Steven R. Huff

An investigation of the structures of passivity in Kleist's work, which can be viewed as constituting a kind of poetics.

Controversial during his lifetime as well as among today's scholars and critics, the German dramatist and writer of novellas Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) remains an enigma. Was he a Romantic or a Classic? A conservative or a liberal? What is his status in the literary canon? Because of their enigmatic qualities, Kleist's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134220
• ISBN13: 9781571134226
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"