The Plays of Grillparzer
The Commonwealth and International Library: Pergamon Oxford German Series
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1969
- Author: George A. Wells
- Editors: C. V. Russell, W. D. Halls
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 2 9 4 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 0 2 9 - 2
The Plays of Grillparzer presents a compilation of the works of Franz Grillparzer, a famous Austrian dramatist, with emphasis on the significant features of his dramatic te… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Plays of Grillparzer presents a compilation of the works of Franz Grillparzer, a famous Austrian dramatist, with emphasis on the significant features of his dramatic technique. This book presents some generalizations about what characterizes his tragedies and makes them effective.
Comprised of five chapters, this book starts with an overview of Grillparzer's two plays for the popular stage, namely, Die Ahnfrau (1897) and Der Traum ein Leben (1834). This text then reviews the characteristics of Grillparzer's Greek tragedies wherein he prefers direct action to narrative. Other chapters examine the classic spirit of his second poetic drama, Sappho, which is characterized as halfway between a tragedy of fate and a tragedy of character. The final chapter examines the characterization in Grillparzer's third play, Libussa, wherein he uses an unusual extent to explain a situation, or the speaker's plans and emotions.
This book is a valuable resource for readers who are interested in Franz Grillparzer's works.
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Foreword
Chapter 1. The Plays of Action
1. The Plays for the Popular Stage: Die Ahnfrau (1817) and Der Traum ein Leben (1834)
2. Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn (1828)
3. Weh dem, der lügt! (1838)
Chapter 2. The Greek Tragedies
1. Sappho (1818)
2. Das goldene Vließ (1821)
3. Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen (1831)
Chapter 3. The Historical Dramas
1. König Ottokars Glück und Ende (1825)
2. Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg
Chapter 4. Two Posthumous Plays
1. Die Jüdin von Toledo
2. Libussa
Chapter 5. Grillparzer's Conception of Tragedy
Numbered List of References
Index of Authors
Index of Plays
- No. of pages: 184
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1969
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080129495
- eBook ISBN: 9781483140292