The Hermit in German Literature
Henry John Fitzell
NEH Humanities Open Book Program 
Belletristik / Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews
Beschreibung
In this thorough study of the figure of the hermit in the works of German writers Fitzell analyzes characters in works by Lessing, Goethe, Klinger, Hoffmann, Wieland, Eichendorff and others. The author argues that the figure of the hermit characterizes the quality of inwardness and withdrawal from society characteristic of German literature, and shows how this quality was represented in the age of Goethe.
Kundenbewertungen
brenatno, hermit, nature, bürger, lenz, society, inner conflict, lessing, eichendorff, german literature, german studies, uhland, schiller, hölderlin, lenau, klinger, goethe, novalis, kerner, University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, wackenroder, hoffmann, age of goethe, chamisso, droste hülshoff, wieland