| Undinede by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, Fiction, Horror Contributor(s): La Motte-Fouque, Friedrich Heinrich Karl (Author), Bunnett, F. E. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1587156849 ISBN-13: 9781587156847 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Most artistic of all the continental weird tales is the German classic Undine (1814), by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte Fouqu. In this story of a water-spirit who married a mortal and gained a human soul there is a delicate fineness of craftsmanship which makes it notable in any department of literature, and an easy naturalness which places it close to the genuine folk-myth." -- H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror In Literature" (Jacketless library hardcover.) |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.2" W x 9.38" (0.81 lbs) 128 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): de La Motte Fouque, Friedrich: - "Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouque (1777 - 1843) was a German writer of the romantic style. He was born at Brandenburg an der Havel, of a family of French Huguenot origin, as evidenced in his family name. His grandfather, Heinrich August de la Motte Fouque, had been one of Frederick the Great's generals and his father was a Prussian officer. Although not originally intended for a military career, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque ultimately gave up his university studies at Halle to join the army and he took part in the Rhine campaign of 1794. The rest of his life was devoted mainly to literary pursuits. He was introduced to August Wilhelm Schlegel, who deeply influenced him as a poet and who published Fouque's first book, Dramatische Spiele von Pellegrin, in 1804." |
