Plays

Author(s)

• Kleist, Heinrich von
• Hinderer, Walter
• Doctorow, E. L.

Bibliographic Information

Plays

Heinrich von Kleist ; edited by Walter Hinderer ; foreword by E.L. Doctorow

（The German library, v. 25）

Continuum, 1982

• : pbk

Uniform Title

@@Plays

Contents of Works

• The broken pitcher / translated by Jon Swan
• Amphitryon / translated by Charles E. Passage
• Penthesilea / translated by Humphrey Trevelyan
• Prince Frederick of Homburg / translated by Peggy Meyer Sherry

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The four plays presented here, two newly translated for this edition, are The Broken Pitcher, Amphitryon, Penthesilea, and Prince Frederick of Homburg. As E.L. Docotorow says, 'a Kleist play may be set in ancient Greece, in Holland, or in seventeenth century Prussia, but the fortress of consciousness is where the action occurs.'

Table of Contents

Foreword: E.L. Doctorow Introduction: Walter Hinderer THE BROKEN PITCHER A Comedy Translated by Jon Swan AMPHITRYON A Comedy after Moliere Translated by Charles E. Passage PENTHESILEA A Tragedy Translated by Humphry Trevelyan PRINCE FREDERICK OF HOMBURG A Play Translated by Peggy Meyer Sherry

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Details

• NCID: BA10686116
• ISBN:
  • 0826402534
  • 0826402631
• LCCN: 81022060
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 341 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PT2378.A2
  • DC19 : 832/.6
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01237202