No Place on Earth (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Christa Wolf
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: June, 1804
- Setting: An estate near the town of Winkel on the Rhine, Germany
- Principal Characters: Karoline von Gunderode, Heinrich von Kleist
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Philosophical realism, Biographical fiction, Character study, Alternate history
- Subjects: Gender roles, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Alienation, Poetry or poets, Feminism, Conformity, Enlightenment, Germany or German people, Romanticism, Parties
- Locales: Germany
The Novel
No Place on Earth is Christa Wolf’s vision of an imaginary meeting between the almost forgotten, though in many ways modern, German poet Karoline von Gunderode (1780-1806) and the famous German writer and dramatist Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811). They meet at a tea party at the estate of a merchant, Joseph Merten. Many of Germany’s great young minds are present. The entire action takes place in one long afternoon in June, 1804. For several hours, the guests move back and forth in Merten’s spacious living room, conversing and occasionally ...
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