This volume inquires into the evolution of narrative prose structures in a period in which traditional idealisms had proved obsolete and a generally inchoate intellectual climate and debilitating material conditions were prevalent for most creative writers. The emphasis here is on the frequently experimental approach to narration in that period, with particular attention being paid to prose techniques springing from an acute awareness of differentialism and hence largely characterised by a fundamentally ironic stance. Alongside the editor's introduction the volume contains articles on narrative prose works by Goethe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tieck, Schefer, Louise Brachmann, Arnim, Eichendorff, Alexis and Heine.

Autorentext
Bernd Leistner, Professor für Deutsche Literatur der Neuzeit an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz, Mitglied der Sächsischen Akademie der Künste.

Inhalt

Inhalt: B. Leistner, Prosaschreiben nach einer Ankunft. - R. Otto, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Novelle". - A. Schirmer, E.T.A. Hoffmann: "Des Vetters Eckfenster". - G. Theile, Ludwig Tieck: "Die Gesellschaft auf dem Lande". - W. Albrecht, Leopold Schefer: "Die Deportierten". - S. Lange, Louise Brachmann: "Das Militär". - H. Härtl, Ludwig Achim von Arnim: "Metamorphosen der Gesellschaft". - A. Döhler, Joseph von Eichendorff: "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts". - J. Golz, Willibald Alexis: "Walladmor". - B. Leistner, Heinrich Heine: "Die Harzreise".