Heinrich von Kleist

Ellis's book confronts directly the most central issue of Kleist criticism: the essential nature and meaning of his work. Rather than provide a general survey of Kleist's writings, Ellis performs an analysis of six of his most mature works: Der Findling , Die Marquise von O. . . , Das Erdbeben in Chili , Der Zweitkampf , Michael Kohlhaas , and Prinz Friedrich von Homburg . Ellis draws some general conclusions about the uniquely Kleistian character of these six works which are at sharp variance w