{"product_id":"klabund-the-gravedigger-and-alfred-henschke-9798990550568","title":"Klabund - The Gravedigger and Other Early Plays","description":"Though his career lasted barely a decade and a half, Klabund left a distinctive mark on early twentieth-century German literature: cosmopolitan yet intimate, experimental yet accessible, he remains a writer whose work bridges lyricism, satire, and theatrical. Klabund was the pen name of the German writer Alfred Henschke (1890-1928). Despite suffering from \"closed tuberculosis\" Klabund was a prolific writer over his short career producing numerous volumes of poetry, short stories, novels and plays. This collection includes Klabund's early plays: 1) A World-Historical Event, 2) Alcestis, 3) The Young Hetaera, 4) Cecil, 5) The Silver Fox, 6) The Servant in Red, 7) Poor Kaspar, 8) The Stranger, 9) Mama, 10) Temptation, 11) Hannibal's Bridal Journey, 11) Terzett, 12) The Fat Capon, 13) The Debaucher, 14) Tommy Atkins, 15) The Speed-Painter, 16) The Sleepwalkers, 17) Dialogue on Politics and Poetry, 18) The Gravedigger, 19) The Awakening, 20) The Strange Guest, 21) The Models of Phidias, 22) Cromwell - Two Surviving Scenes of the Lost Drama, 23) The Gambler, 24) Kaspar - A Tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Henschke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990550568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Loch Raven Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Alfred Henschke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083823882495,"sku":"9798990550568","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/klabund-the-gravedigger-and-alfred-henschke-9798990550568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}