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

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...

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Main Author: McClain, William H. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1963
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (118 p.)
ISBN:9781469657936_McClain
Access:Open Access