Between Real and Ideal : The Course of Otto Ludwig's Development as a Narrative Writer / William H. McClain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UNC studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; number 40 | University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 40. | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource: illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469657936
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 833.7
LOC classification:
  • PT2426.Z5 M3 1963
Online resources: Summary: Otto Ludwig, nineteenth-century German novelist and critic, originated the term poetic realism. In this excellent study, Ludwig's prose is sympathetically and thoroughly examined and a clear account of the evolution of German fiction after Romanticism is presented. Taking Ludwig's narrative works together with his literary criticism, McClain shows how the author attempted to blend the real and the ideal to reach the goal of poetic realism as he envisioned it.
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Otto Ludwig, nineteenth-century German novelist and critic, originated the term poetic realism. In this excellent study, Ludwig's prose is sympathetically and thoroughly examined and a clear account of the evolution of German fiction after Romanticism is presented. Taking Ludwig's narrative works together with his literary criticism, McClain shows how the author attempted to blend the real and the ideal to reach the goal of poetic realism as he envisioned it.

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