Die Journalisten

by Gustav Freytag

Overview

Originally published in 1900 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the German text of Gustav Freytag's comedy of life in a newspaper editorial office, Die Journalisten. The play is prefaced with a biography of Freytag, and H. W. Eve supplies an appendix of detailed notes on the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century German theatre or in the works of Freytag.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107619944
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/08/2013
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Life of Freytag - estimate of Die Journalisten: Birth and education; Professorial life at Breslau; Germany in 1848; Freytag as journalist; Literary activity from 1848 to 1869; Politics from 1860 to 1870; Literary work 1870–95; Die Journalisten - the plot; The characters; Text; Notes; Index to the notes.