Narration in the German Novelle: Theory and Interpretation

by John M. Ellis

Book Overview

The Novelle is a characteristic German literary form, easier to recognize than to define, except as a brief novel or a long short story. The main body of this book is devoted to interpretative essays on individual Novellen. In a sense they all illustrate one central problem: the relationship of the narrator to his story, and the importance of this relationship for its interpretation. Professor Ellis begins with an analytical chapter which faces the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521295920
• ISBN13: 9780521295925
• Release Date: September 1979
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"