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Affecting grace : theatre, subject, and the Shakespearean paradox in German literature from Lessing to Kleist / Kenneth S. Calhoon.
LIBRA PT313 .C35 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calhoon, Kenneth Scott, 1956-
- Series:
- German and European studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- German literature--English influences.
- German literature.
- German literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 279 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Mercy and the Spirit of Commerce: Shylock's Shadow in the Age of Disinterest 26
- 2 Judging Adam: Theatre and the Fall into History 44
- 3 The Virtue of Things: Meissen Porcelain and the Classical Object 65
- 4 Poison and the Language of Praise: From Hamlet to Miss Sara Sampson 86
- 5 Architectural Fantasies: Bellotto in Dresden, Goethe in Strasbourg 111
- 6 Sovereign Innocence: Schiller's "Walk" and the Naive Spectator 146
- 7 Caught in the Act: The Comedic Miscarriage of Kleist's Broken Jug 178.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442645998
- 1442645997
- OCLC:
- 821261814
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