Gustav Freytag

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Matoni, Jürgen and Margaret Galler. Gustav Freytag: Bibliographie. Dülmen, Germany: Laumann, 1990, 171 p.

A bibliography of Freytag's works, written in German.

McInnes, E. “‘Die Poesie des Geschafts’: Social Analysis and Polemic in Freytag's Soll und Haben.” In Formen Realistischer Erzählkunst: Festschrift for Charlotte Jolles, edited by Jörg Thunecke, pp. 99–107. Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1979.

Analyzes the popular appeal of the novel Soll und Haben, claiming that the work is nostalgic and conveyed to contemporary readers reassurance and escape from the anxieties associated with social change.

CRITICISM

Gelber, Mark. “Teaching ‘Literary Anti-Semitism’” Dickens' Oliver Twist and Freytag's Soll und Haben.Comparative Literature Studies XVI, no. 1 (March 1979): 1-11.

Offers suggestions for dealing with anti-Semitic elements in Dickens and Freytag within a classroom setting.

Price, Lawrence Marsden. “Soll und Haben and Freytag's Participation in the Grenzboten Movement.” In The Attitude of Gustav Freytag and Julian Schmidt toward English Literature (1848-1862), pp. 87–107. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1915.

Discusses the novel Soll und Haben and the articles that Freytag wrote for the literary magazine he founded with Julian Schmidt.

Additional coverage of Freytag's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 129.

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