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Adalbert Stifter (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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In addition to his novels and novellas, Adalbert Stifter composed a variety of essays on politics, culture, art, and education. Most of these writings remain relatively unknown, although among them are individual masterpieces that reflect the author’s intellectual power and sharpness of observation. His treatises in Wien und die Wiener in Bildern aus dem Leben (1844; Vienna and the Viennese in representations from life), a book that he coedited with friends, reveal his strong personal bond to Austria’s capital city. His political articles, many...

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