{"product_id":"robert-walser-samuel-frederick-9780810137127","title":"Robert Walser: A Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important European authors of the modernist period, having garnered high praise from such prominent voices as Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, and J. M. Coetzee. \u003ci\u003eRobert Walser: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive guide to Walser's work in English. The twelve essays in this collection examine Walser's literary output, historical milieu, and idiosyncratic writing process, addressing aspects of his biography; discussing the various genres in which he wrote (the novel, short prose, drama, lyric poetry, and letters); and analyzing his best-known novels and short stories alongside lesser-known but no less fascinating poems, plays, and prose pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential addition to the scholarship about this eccentric, prolific, and influential writer's work, \u003ci\u003eRobert Walser: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest both to established scholars and to those coming to Walser for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Frederick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810137127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810137127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Samuel Frederick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096744337663,"sku":"9780810137127","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-walser-samuel-frederick-9780810137127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}