Eighteenth Century German Prose Heinse, La Roche, Wieland, and others [Paperback]

Foreword by Dennis F. Mahoney

The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forwards by internationally known writers and introductions by prominent scholars. Excerpts six texts (by La Roche, Forster, Wieland, Moritz, Heinse, and Braker) that show a cross-section of forms and themes that are representative as well as special examples of 18th-century German prose.

Foreword: Dennis F. Mahoney
Introduction: Ellis Shookman

SOPHIE VON LA ROCHE
From The History of Miss von Sternheim
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman

GEORG FORSTER
From A Voyage round the World
Glossary

CHRISTOPH MARTIN WIELAND
The Case of teh Ass's Shadow
From The History of the Abderites
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman

KARL PHILIPP MORITZ
From Anton Reiser
Glossary
Translated by P.E. Matheson, revised by Ellis Shookman

WILHELM HEINSE
From Ardinghello
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman

ULRICH BRAKER
From The Life Story and Real Adventures of the Poor Man of Toggenburg
Glossary
Translated by Derek Bowman

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