Adalbert Stifter & the Idyll: A Study of Witiko (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820405155)

The historical novel Witiko, written by the nineteenth-century Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, presents an interesting problem for the study of literary reception. Stifter's attempt at integrating the narrative forms of the historical novel and the Biedermeier idyll results in a novel which is very different from the standard historical novel of the Scott tradition. Though trying on the reader, Stifter's extreme stylization raises interesting questions regarding the successful creation and limits of a literary illusion.

Author: Barbara S. Stone Grossman
ISBN-10: 0820405159
ISBN-13: 9780820405155
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1989
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.93h x 6.08w x 0.68d