| «Die Verlobung in St. Domingo»: Kleist's Novelle in Translation and as a Basis for Opera and Drama Contributor(s): Wedekind, Almute (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820400173 ISBN-13: 9780820400174 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $23.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1983 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Music |
| Dewey: 833.6 |
| LCCN: 83048168 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 119 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The purpose of this work is twofold. First, Die Verlobung in St. Domingo is analyzed, emphasizing the topics of society and race, interpersonal relationships, and death; the historical back- ground at the time of the racial war in Haiti is illustrated; the English and French versions are examined. Secondly, the three works that were inspired by Kleist's Novelle are analyzed: A play by Kleist's contemporary Theodor Korner, and two operas by the modern composers Winfried Zillig and Werner Egk." |