Wilhelmine and Nicolai the Life and Opinions of Master Sebaldus Nothanker: Masterworks of the German Rococo and Enlightenment

by Friedrich Nicolai, Moritz August von Thummel, Moritz August von Thümmel

Two novels about the same couple illustrate rococo style in German literature of the late 18th century.

These two works were best sellers when they appeared and were reprinted numerous times. The obvious link between the two works is the couple at the centre of both. With Wilhelmine (1764) Th?mmel, a petty nobleman and court official, gave German literature its finest example of a mock epic among the many produced in the wake of Pope's Rape...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571131450
• ISBN13: 9781571131454
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"