Heinrich von Kleist

Nirgends No Place on Earth, 1979, she imagines a meeting between two writers, Heinrich von Kleist and the poet Karoline von Gunderrode, both of whom killed themselves in the early 1800s, as a way of examining the experience of defeat.

Christa Wolf obituary 2011

The first HybridBooks are five novellas—written by Joseph Conrad, Giacomo Casanova, Anton Chekhov, Heinrich von Kleist and Alexander Kuprin—all with the same title: "The Duel."

Melville House Hybrid Books: 10 People You Would Never Have Wanted To Duel (PHOTOS) 2011

Romantic novels are not so easy to come by in today's literary world, but Sjón has written a book which in its sensitivity to the strange twist and turns of human nature and the interaction of light and darkness can stand comparison with the spirit of the work of 18th and 19th century novelists and poets like Heinrich von Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffman and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Archive 2009-05-01 David McDuff 2009

For over a hundred and fifty years, Heinrich von Kleist has been thought of not only as one of the most individual of the great Romantic writers, but as a force who will make you feel stronger and surer about yourself.

The Prince of Pure Feeling Schwartz, Sanford 1983

This idea was poetically anticipated by Heinrich von Kleist in his famous essay "On the Marionette Theater," where he states that now "that paradise is bolted shut, and the angel stands behind us, we must journey around the world and see whether perhaps it is open again somewhere on the yonder side."

A Special Supplement: The Other Dostoevsky Rahv, Philip 1972

While the first of the two, Heinrich von Kleist, possesses all the qualities that go to make up the great poet and at the same time the true German, the other, Theodor

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Various

I should like to analyze the novel more in detail, but am glad that the limits of my essay, or rather the patience of my readers and auditors, do not permit me to do so; for the members of the society will thus feel prompted the sooner to acquaint and familiarize themselves with the works of Heinrich von Kleist, if they have not already done so.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Various

He had a great admiration for Goethe, and was infatuated by Heinrich von Kleist, whom he rather resembles both in his gifts and in his life; he was an enthusiast about Grillparzer and Hebbel at a time when they were but little appreciated; and he was one of the first Germans to discover the worth of Moerike, whom, later on, he made popular in Germany.

Musicians of To-Day Rolland, Romain, 1866-1944 1915

[77] This letter may be found in Ernst Schur's _Heinrich von Kleist in seinen Briefen_, p. 295.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899

Once we let the horses rest, and took luncheon at Stimming near the Wannsee, where Heinrich von Kleist with the beloved of his heart put an end to his sad life.

The Story of My Life Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898 1892