authors, german

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Theodor Fontane.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Heinrich Boll.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Goethe.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Christa Wolf.

"... At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. ... Lewis Hyde's new introduction explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. This edition also includes Rilke's later work The Letter from the Young Worker"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the life of writer Cornelia Funke, author of the children's book "The Thief Lord, " features an overview of her work, and includes fan information and writing tips.

Heinrich B?ll discusses what it was like growing up as an anti-Fascist in Nazi Germany.

Contains a collection of translations of the writings of twentieth-century German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, and provides a distillation of his various philosophies and world views.

Contains ten letters written by poet Rainer Maria Rilke between 1903 and 1908 to Franz Xaver Kappus, a student at a Vienna military academy who asked Rilke for criticism and advice about his own poetic efforts.

Contains ten letters written by poet Rainer Maria Rilke between 1903 and 1908 to Franz Xaver Kappus, a student at a Vienna military academy who asked Rilke for criticism and advice about his own poetic efforts.