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The Phenomenon of Recurrence in the Narrative Works of Wilhelm Contessa

Adrian Denis Warren O'Sullivan

出版	University of Alberta, 1969
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Xs_W0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Wilhelm Contessa is a forgotten writer of late German Romanticism who, whilst closely bound (as a member of the Serapionsbrüder) to the style and literary interests of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque and others, reveals in his narrative works many anti-Romantic tendencies. In this thesis his life and his works are first examined in chronological sequence. In the second chapter it is shown that one particular pattern of development based upon the daemonic drive of a male character is reproduced throughout most of his narrative works. The third chapter examines certain recurrent themes and motifs found in his tales. The concluding remarks contain an indication of the directions future, now highly expedient research on Contessa could take.