Gertrud Bauer Pickar Livres

First comprehensive study in English of Germany's most prominent female author.Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1798-1848) remains Germany's foremost female author. Perhaps best known for her novella Die Judenbuche and her ballads, Droste's narrative ability in prose or verse, and her gift for forging highly crafted, often poignant lyrical works, have brought her continuing and growing critical acclaim. Recent critical interest has brought her new recognition as a forerunner in the struggle of women to find their own literary voices.This volume is the first comprehensive study in English of Droste's works and authorial career. It combines a broad view of her literary and epistolary writings with close readings of individual works.

The dramatic works of Max Frisch display an increasing tendency toward the narrative mode of expression. The first part of this study is concerned with the manifestations of this development with respect to time, place, narrator figures and the narrative impulse. In the second portion, the focus shifts to the effect of language and its correlating image and fiction upon the perception of reality, the discrepancy between the word and the world, and the personal and social implications of preconceived images or predetermined fictions.