The Berlin writer Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) earned a European reputation for the German novel, something his fellow poetic realists and their predecessors had failed to do. L'Adultera (1882), a Gesellschaftsroman, is the first of the writer's Berlin novels. Already in this early work, Fontane employs his considerable skills as a realist and impartial observer of nineteenth-century German life. Lynn R. Eliason captures in this major translation the wit, irony and warm human interaction characteristic of Fontane's mature novels, including his well known Effi Briest. An introductory essay identifies L'Adultera in terms of the writer's life and literary artistry.
| ISBN: | 9780820412856 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 1990 |
| Author: | Theodor Fontane, Lynn R Eliason |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 195 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. Series I, Germanic Languages and Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |