Kleist and Hebbel

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Excerpt from Kleist and Hebbel: A Comparative Study, the Novel, a Dissertation Submitted to the Faculties of the Graduate School of Arts, Literature, and Science of the University of Chicago in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The close affinity between Kleist and Hebbel as shown by their lives and their works has been stated in general terms by every literary his torian who has studied either of the poets. Heine with his intuitive insight was the first to recognize the similarity. He expressed it in the introduction to the French edition of his work, Ueber Deutschland. 1 Adolf Wilbrandt, Kleist's first biographer, remarked on Kleist's infiu ence on the generation of poets that succeeded him.2 More specific are the words of Friedmann, 3 who speaks of the new dramatic tendencies called into life by Kleist and developed by Hebbel, Grabbe, and Ludwig. Minde-ponet' remarks brie¿y at the close of his study on Kleist's epic style: Als Nachfolger Kleists in der Art der epischen Erzahlung konnten nur zwei gelten: F. Hebbel, dieser feurige Verehrer unseres Dichters, und F. Halm. Kuh5 quotes Képke, the Tieck scholar, as writing to him concerning Hebbel: Vielleicht derjenige, der sich am nachsten an H. Kleist anschliesst, weil er, wie dieser, jenes nationals Drama anstrebte, das in der Mitte stehen muss, zwischen Goethe und Schiller, indem sich der Gegensatz zwischen Idealismus and Realismus in vollen Gestalten aufhebt. Hebbel ranked himself with Kleist in the estimation of his genius: In der Halle der Litteratur werde ich nicht zu finden sein, doch eine Nische neben der Kleists und Grillparzers wird mir nicht versagt werden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.