Studies of German Prose Fiction in the Age of European Realism

by Martin Swales

This study argues that the tradition of German prose writing is importantly and illuminatingly part of European realism not in spite of, but because of, its concern with mental life and its poetic and symbolic concerns. It has often been maintained that inwardness, that governing characteristic of German culture, prevents German prose fiction from contributing to the mainstream of European realism. But German prose narratives most challengingly explore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077348924X
• ISBN13: 9780773489240
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 257 Pages