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The humour of Germany

The volume is a curated anthology of German wit, assembled by Hans Müller‑Casenov and introduced with a…

The Poems of Schiller — Third period

The Poems of Schiller — Third period

Friedrich Schiller

The volume gathers Friedrich Schiller’s poems from his third creative phase, presenting a single,…

Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel $c translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore.

Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel $c translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore.

Friedrich Fröbel

The volume presents the autobiographical writings of Friedrich Froebel, the German educator whose ideas gave…

Cover of The German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (of 2)

The German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (of 2)

F. Max Müller

Dieses Werk ist ein historisch‑philologisches Lesebuch, das als Begleitband zu Wilhelm Scherers „History of…

The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.

The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.

E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I assembles the first half of E. T. A.

Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Erste Fassung 1781)

Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Erste Fassung 1781)

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant eröffnet seine erste Fassung der Kritik der reinen Vernunft (1781) mit einer feierlichen…

Cover of Der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Engels und Karl Marx 1844 bis 1883, Erster Band

Der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Engels und Karl Marx 1844 bis 1883, Erster Band

Engels, Friedrich; Marx, Karl

Der vorliegende Band ist eine sorgfältig editierte Sammlung des Briefwechsels zwischen Friedrich Engels und…

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

Der Zerbrochene Krug

Der Zerbrochene Krug

Heinrich von Kleist

Der Zerbrochene Krug ist ein komödiantisches Theaterstück von Heinrich von Kleist, das bereits im ersten Akt…

Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel.

Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel.

Jean Paul

Jean Paul’s “Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus…

Cover of Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen: Ein Kinderbuch

Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen: Ein Kinderbuch

Selma Lagerlöf

Dieses Werk ist ein jugendlicher Fantasy‑Roman, der mit einer alltäglichen Sonntags‑Szene beginnt: Während…

The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise

The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

This volume gathers Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s most celebrated German dramas in English translation,…

Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance.

Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance.

Novalis

The work is a German Bildungsroman by the poet‑philosopher Novalis, whose birth name was Friedrich von…

Weird Tales, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Weird Tales, Vol. 2 (of 2)

E. T. A. Hoffmann

We begin in a bustling 19th‑century Berlin art salon, where a painted tableau of a richly attired Doge and…

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

Cover of Geschlecht und Charakter: Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung

Geschlecht und Charakter: Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung

Otto Weininger

Das Werk von Otto Weininger ist ein philosophisch‑psychologisches Studium, das das Verhältnis von Mann und…

The Youth of Goethe

The Youth of Goethe

P. Hume Brown

The work is a scholarly biography that concentrates on the formative years of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,…

Thoughts out of Season, Part I

Thoughts out of Season, Part I

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The work is an introductory essay by an unnamed editor who explains why he has taken on the task of…

Cover of Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. II.

Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. II.

Jean Paul

The work is a sprawling, episodic novel by the German Romantic author Jean Paul, presented here as the second…

Ecce homo, Wie man wird, was man ist

Ecce homo, Wie man wird, was man ist

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Dieses Werk ist ein autobiografisches Manifest des deutschen Philosophen Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, das…

Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2)

Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2)

E. T. A. Hoffmann

The work is a whimsical episode drawn from E. T. A. Hoffmann’s collection of strange German tales, translated…

German Fiction

German Fiction

Fontane, Theodor; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von; Keller, Gottfried; Storm, Theodor

The work is a scholarly overview of German prose fiction, tracing its development from the eighteenth‑century…

Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry

Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry

Wilhelm Alfred Braun

Wilhelm Alfred Braun’s essay is a scholarly study that treats Weltschmerz, the poetic feeling of world‑pain,…

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Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus

Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

Der Roman „Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus“ von Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen ist ein Kulturroman…