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Selected Works by J. M. R. Lenz
Plays, Stories, Essays, and Poems
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2019
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First representative English collection of the Sturm und Drang writer Lenz, suited for the classroom and anyone interested in German literature, the European Enlightenment, or the theory and practice of theater.
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792) is, after Goethe, the most important writer of the German Sturm und Drang. Crucial in the reinvention of German literature through the reception of Shakespeare, his works contain a scathing critique of the ethical, political, and sexual regimes then prevailing in German and Eastern European territories. Both aesthetically and politically, Lenz strongly influenced later German writers - most notably Georg Büchner and Bertolt Brecht. In Germany, Lenz is still widely read and performed. Given his importance and lasting reception, it is surprising that many of his texts are not available in English. While his best-known dramas have been translated, many of his essays have not, and none of his stories or poems have been. This is especially astonishing given the growth of English-language Lenz scholarship over recent decades.
This volume contains new - and, in many cases, first - English translations of Lenz's most important plays, stories, essays, and poems. It is the first representative English collection of Lenz's works. Providing reliable translations of Lenz's key writings and succinct glosses of historical and literary references, this book is a valuable resource for classroom use and for anyone interested in German literature, the European Enlightenment, or the theory and practice of theater.
Martin Wagner is Assistant Professor of German at the University of Calgary. Ellwood Wiggins is Assistant Professor of German at the University of Washington.
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792) is, after Goethe, the most important writer of the German Sturm und Drang. Crucial in the reinvention of German literature through the reception of Shakespeare, his works contain a scathing critique of the ethical, political, and sexual regimes then prevailing in German and Eastern European territories. Both aesthetically and politically, Lenz strongly influenced later German writers - most notably Georg Büchner and Bertolt Brecht. In Germany, Lenz is still widely read and performed. Given his importance and lasting reception, it is surprising that many of his texts are not available in English. While his best-known dramas have been translated, many of his essays have not, and none of his stories or poems have been. This is especially astonishing given the growth of English-language Lenz scholarship over recent decades.
This volume contains new - and, in many cases, first - English translations of Lenz's most important plays, stories, essays, and poems. It is the first representative English collection of Lenz's works. Providing reliable translations of Lenz's key writings and succinct glosses of historical and literary references, this book is a valuable resource for classroom use and for anyone interested in German literature, the European Enlightenment, or the theory and practice of theater.
Martin Wagner is Assistant Professor of German at the University of Calgary. Ellwood Wiggins is Assistant Professor of German at the University of Washington.
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A Note on the Translation
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Introduction
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The Tutor Or Advantages of Private Education A Comedy
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The New Menoza Or History of Prince Tandi of Cumba A Comedy
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The Soldier A Comedy
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The Hermit A Pendant to Werther’s Sorrows By the Deceased Poet Lenz
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The Country Pastor1 A Story By Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
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Remarks on the Theater
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On Götz von Berlichingen
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Review of The New Menoza: Written by the Author Himself
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On Scene Changes in Shakespeare
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On the Marriages of Soldiers
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Portrait of a Slain Man
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HERR PROFESSOR KANT
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Love in the Countryside
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Impromptu in the Audience
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Allwill’s First Spiritual Song
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Song Set to the German Dance20
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Song of a Shipwrecked European
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Shakespeare’s Ghost
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Pygmalion
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Pygmalion
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To the Spirit
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Chronology
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A Note on the Currencies in Lenz’s Works
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
J. M. R. Lenz; Sturm und Drang; German literature; cultural exchanges; virtue; ethics; political critique; Shakespeare; German writers; German Enlightenment
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
