Ludwig Tieck

Ludwig Tieck: Peter Lebrecht. Eine Geschichte ohne Abenteuerlichkeiten Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2014, 3. Auflage Vollst ndiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Erstdruck: Berlin und Leipzig 1795/96 (anonym). Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Ludwig Tieck: Werke in vier B nden. Nach dem Text der Schriften von 1828-1854, unter Ber cksichtigung der Erstdrucke. Herausgegeben von Marianne Thalmann, Band 1-4, M nchen: Winkler, 1963. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Umschlaggestaltung unter Verwendung des Bildes: Ludwig Tieck (Gem lde von Robert Schneider, um 1833) Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 10 pt.

This outstanding compilation presents stories by two of the writers who helped launch the early nineteenth-century German Romanticism movement: Ludwig Tieck and Jean Paul Richter. Translated by the great British historian Thomas Carlyle, it features seven highly influential tales that range in mood from fantasy and fairy tale lightness to witty satire. Shemlzie's Journey to Fletz and Life of Quintus Fixlien, a story and a novella by Richter, the least translated of the major German Romantics, are of particular note. Ludwig Tieck (1773-1859) is best known for his fantastic stories and short novels, which appeal more to the emotions than the intellect. He translated the works of Shakespeare and Cervantes into German, served as a literary advisor to Dresden's Court Theater, and ranked second only to Goethe as Germany's leading literary authority. Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) bridged the shift in literature from the formal ideals of Weimar Classicism to the intuitive transcendentalism of early Romanticism. His works range in tone from sentimental humor to bitter satire and span a variety of genres, from fiction to treatises on education and aesthetics.