Essays on German, American and English Literature A Philosophical and Theological Approach

by Miller, Eugene G.

• ISBN13: 9780761832195
• ISBN10: 076183219X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-04
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

In Essays on German American and English Literature, author Eugene Miller offers literary criticism, from a theological and philosophical standpoint, of many of the great dramatists and novelists of world literature. Miller analyzes and discusses major works in German, American, and English literature in an authoritative and original manner.

Author Biography

Eugene G. Miller is Professor Emeritus of German and English. He has taught at Hobart and William Smith College, SUNY-Buffalo, Kent State University, and most recently at Niagara County Community College.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Stoicism and "The Code" in the Novels of Ernest Hemingway	p. 3
Rainer Maria Rilke's Das Stundenbuch (Book of Hours)	p. 7
The Futile Pursuit of Love in the Works of D. H. Lawrence or The Failure of Human Relationships	p. 14
Melville and Platonism	p. 18
A Look at the Frei Buhne Through Its Early Productions of Ghosts and Vor Sonnena Ufgang	p. 21
The Early Productions of Goethe's Faust in America	p. 28
Death in Venice (Short novel)	p. 33
Seeds of Nietzschean Thoughts in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus	p. 37
Foremost American Dramatist and Disciple of Frederich Nietzsche	p. 45
Rebel With A Cause in His Romantic Tragedy Cain	p. 49
Goethe's Venture Into Ancient Greece's Mythology and Literature	p. 53
Arthur Miller and the Sartrean Theatre of Situation'	p. 62
The Golden Age of German Cinema - Prelude to Hollywood's Frankenstein Era	p. 67
Sinners and Suicide in Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter	p. 71
Schiller and the Critics - From Schlegel to Durrenmatt	p. 75
Bibliography	p. 81
Index	p. 85
About the Author	p. 88
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