Hugh Ridley

Mann

Buddenbrooks
Herausgeber: Stern, J. P.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read literary masterpieces.

Produktdetails

• Landmarks of World Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9780521316972
• ISBN-10: 0521316979
• Artikelnr.: 23887829

Autorenporträt

Hugh Ridley is the author of books on varied aspects of German culture, law and history. After many years as a Professor at University College Dublin, he moved to the UK, where he now lives. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Life and works
2. Retrospect on the nineteenth century
3. The evolution of the novel
4. The theme of decline
5. Stages in decline
6. Thomas Buddenbrook
7. Narrative technique
8. The Buddenbrooks' decline: a typical story?
9. Literary background and reading public
10. Buddenbrooks and the 'crisis of the novel'.