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Between Real and Ideal: The Course of Otto Ludwig's Development as a Narrative Writer

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William H. McClain
1963
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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Otto Ludwig, nineteenth-century German novelist and critic, originated the term "poetic realism". In this excellent study, Ludwig's prose is sympathetically and thoroughly examined and a clear account of the evolution of German fiction after Romanticism is presented. Taking Ludwig's narrative works together with his literary criticism, McClain shows how the author attempted to blend the real and the ideal to reach the goal of poetic realism as he envisioned it.

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

Dedication

pp. vii-viii

Contents

pp. ix

Introduction

pp. 1-7

I. The Decision to Become a Writer. Das Hausgesinde

pp. 8-12

II. A Parody. Die Emanzipation Der Domestiken

pp. 13-20

III. A Fairy-Tale from Everyday Life. Die Wahrhaftige Geschichte Von Den Drei Wünschen

pp. 21-29

IV. The Turning-Point. Maria

pp. 30-37

V. Die Buschnovelle and the Prose Fragments

pp. 38-43

VI. Two Scenes from Provincial Life. Die Heiteretei and Aus Dem Regen in Die Traufe

pp. 44-56

VII. Zwischen Himmel und Erde

pp. 57-68

VIII. From Practice to Theory. Die Romanstudien

pp. 69-78

Conclusion

pp. 79-87

Notes

pp. 88-96

List of Works Consulted

pp. 98-105

Index

pp. 106-108
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