Anthology of German Novellas

This new collection, intended for the student and the interested general reader of German alike, includes both traditional examples, and those which fall outside the usual canon. The sixteen novellas in the volume have been carefully chosen on the bases of length, historical significance, popularity, and interest, and have been extensively glossed by the editor, who also provides an introduction to the history and theory of the genre. Siegfried Weing is Professor of Modern Languages at the Virginia Military Institute. The contents are: Georg Phillip Harsdorffer - "Die Angenehme Straf"; Johann Wolfgang Goethe - "Die Schone Kramerin"; Ludwig Tieck - "Der Blonde Eckbert"; Heinrich Von Kleist - "Das Erdbeben In Chili"; Johann Peter Hebel - "Unverhofftes Widersehen"; Clemens Brentano - "Die Geschichte Vom Braven Kasperl Und Dem Schonen Annerl"; Achim Von Arnim - "Der Tolle Invalide Auf Dem Forte Ratonneau"; Annette Von Droste-Hulshof - "Die Judenbuche"; Adalbert Stifter - "Bergkristall"; Paul Heyse - "L'arrabiata"; Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach - "Krambambuli"; Gerhart Hauptmann - "Bahnwarter Thiel"; Hugo Von Hofmannsthal - "Das Erlebnis Des Marschalls Von Bassompierre"; Gustav Meyrink - "Der Violette Tod"; Georg Heym - "Das Schiff"; and Franz Kafka - "Das Urteil".