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Kleist in France

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Frank C. Richardson
1962
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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From Madame de Staël, Dumas, and Taine, to Giraudoux, Adamov, Ionesco, and the existentialists, this study provides a fascinating account of the progress of Kleist's reception in France from complete rejection in 1807 to spectacular critical and public acclaim in the 1950s. Richardson argues that Kleist's success in France disproves the traditional idea that his work is "unexportable" and shows the conditions that led to his positive reception outside Germany.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv-vi

Epigraph

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-x

Table of Contents

pp. xi-xii

Introduction

pp. 1-4

Part One: The First Stage, 1807–1869

pp. 5-6

I. Kleist and the French

pp. 7-9

II. The First Notices, 1807–1812

pp. 10-14

III. The First Reviews, 1826–1828

pp. 15-19

IV. The First Translations and Studies, 1829–1869

pp. 20-32

Part Two: The Second Stage, 1870–1935

pp. 33-34

V. Kleist and the Realists, 1870–1900

pp. 35-56

VI. Critical “Regression”, 1900–1919

pp. 57-77

VII. A Turn to the Positive, 1920–1924

pp. 79-90

VIII. Critical Culmination, 1925–1935

pp. 91-121

Part Three: The Third Stage, 1935–1961

pp. 123-124

IX. Kleist and Neo-Romanticism, 1935–1950

pp. 125-139

X. ‘Discovery,’ 1951–1952

pp. 140-145

XI. Interpretation, 1953–1961:

pp. 146-181

Summary and Conclusion

pp. 182-186

Appendix: French Translations of Kleist’s Works

pp. 187-188

Notes

pp. 189-196

Bibliography

pp. 197-204

Index

pp. 205-210
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