Erzählungen und Anekdoten.

by Heinrich von Kleist

German

Genres: Fiction, Classics

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

The dramatist, writer, lyricist, and publicist Heinrich von Kleist was born in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1777. Upon his father's early death in 1788 when he was ten, he was sent to the house of the preacher S. Cartel and attended the French Gymnasium. In 1792, Kleist entered the guard regiment in Potsdam and took part in the Rhein campaign against France in 1796. Kleist voluntarily resigned from army service in 1799 and until 1800 studied philosophy, physics, mathematics, and political science at Viadrina University in Frankfurt an der Oder. He went to Berlin early in the year 1800 and penned his drama "Die Familie Ghonorez". Kleist, who tended to irrationalism and was often tormented by a longing for death, then lit out restlessly through Germany, France, and Switzerland.

After several physical and nervous breakdowns, in which he even burned the manuscript of one of his dramas, Heinrich von Kleist reentered the Prussian army in 1804, working in Berlin and Königsberg. There he wrote "Amphitryon" and "Penthesilea."

After being discharged in 1807, Kleist was apprehended on suspicion of being a spy. After this he went to Dresden, where he edited the art journal "Phoebus" with Adam Müller and completed the comedy "The Broken Pitcher" ("Der zerbrochene Krug") and the folk play "Katchen von Heilbronn" ("Das Käthchen von Heilbronn").

Back in Berlin, the one time Rousseau devotee had become a bitter opponent of Napoleon. In 1811, he finished "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg." Finding himself again in financial and personal difficulties, Heinrich von Kleist, together with his lover, the terminally ill Henriette Vogel, committed suicide near the Wannsee in Berlin in 1811.

[From http://www.heinrich-von-kleist.com/]

Reviews

[taonoui · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mal wieder ein überbewerteter weißer Mann.
Ich habe echt keinen Plan, wieso so etwas als "Klassiker" und "must read" ausgegeben wird. Die Geschichten und der Schreibstil sind in meinen Augen nicht einmal mittelmaß und dann auch noch mit der Misogynie, dem Sexismaus, dem Rassismus, dem Klassismus, der rape culture ect. seiner Zeit gefüllt.

Die Marquise von O. kann natürlich super behandelt werden, wenn man darüber diskutieren will, wie ekelhaft das Frauenbild in der damaligen Zeit war.

[Claudia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Die letzten Anekdoten hab ich mir erspart. Nicht meins...

[Susu]

Die guten alten Klassiker hübsch zusammen gefasst. Da fällt einem erst einmal die Vieldeitigkeit in der Sprache auf.



Aber wieso besteht dieses livingsocial darauf, dass "LoserQueen" ein ähnliches Buch ist, dass mir gefallen könnte?!?!

[Lise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mystery, passion, a master in the art of narrative