The Hermit in German Literature

From Lessing to Eichendorff

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Author(s)
John Fitzell, Henry
Language
English
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Abstract
In this thorough study of the figure of the hermit in the works of German writers Fitzell analyzes characters in works by Lessing, Goethe, Klinger, Hoffmann, Wieland, Eichendorff and others. The author argues that the figure of the hermit characterizes the quality of inwardness and withdrawal from society characteristic of German literature, and shows how this quality was represented in the age of Goethe.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/189741
Keywords
German Studies; Literature; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
DOI
10.5149/9781469657493_Fitzell
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date and place
Chapel Hill, 1961
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Series
UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures,
Pages
148