Ellis's book confronts directly the most central issue of Kleist criticism: the essential nature and meaning of his work. Rather than provide a general survey of Kleist's writings, Ellis performs an analysis of six of his most mature works: Der Findling, Die Marquise von O. . ., Das Erdbeben in Chili, Der Zweitkampf, Michael Kohlhaas, and Prinz Friedrich von Homburg. Ellis draws some general conclusions about the uniquely Kleistian character of these six works which are at sharp variance with previous Kleist criticism.
- ISBN10 0807880949
- ISBN13 9780807880944
- Publish Date 1 January 1979
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 April 1994
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English