German romance : specimens of its chief authors / with biographical and critical notices by the translator of Wilhelm Meister, and author of the Life of Schiller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

German fiction--Translations into English.

German fiction.

English fiction--Translations from German.

English fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : W. Tait, 1827.

Contents:

v. 1. Musäus, J. A.: Dumb love; Libussa; Melechsala. La Motte Fouqué, F. de: Aslauga's knight

v. 2. Tieck, L.: The fair-haired Eckbert; The trusty Eckart; The Runenberg; The elves; The goblet.

II. Hoffmann, E. T. W.: The golden pot

v. 3. Richter, J. P. F.: Army-chaplain Schmelzle's journey to Flätz; with a running commentary of notes; Life of Quintus Fixlein. Extracted from fifteen letter-boxes

v. 4. Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's travels; or, The renunciants.

Notes:

First edition. With general preface and a biographical and critical introduction for each author by Carlyle.

Added title pages, engraved, with vignettes.

Cited in:

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) II,372

Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), p.35

OCLC:

228721610