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Das Erdbeben in Chili / Die Marquise von O... / Die Verlobung in St. Domingo
Diese Ausgabe der »Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek – Arbeitstexte für Schule und Studium« bietet Heinrich von Kleists Erzählungen Das Erdbeben in Chili, Die Marquise von O.... und Die Verlobung in St. Domingo. Ergänzt wird diese Edition von einem Kommentar, der alle für das Verständnis der Erzählungen erforderlichen Informationen enthält: die Entstehungsgeschichte, Dokumente zur zeitgenössischen Wirkung, einen Überblick über die verschiedenen Deutungsansätze, Literaturhinweise sowie Wort- und Sacherläuterungen.
217 pages, Paperback
Published March 23, 2009
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Heinrich von Kleist
762 books359 followersThe dramatist, writer, lyricist, and publicist Heinrich von Kleist was born in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1777. Upon his father's early death in 1788 when he was ten, he was sent to the house of the preacher S. Cartel and attended the French Gymnasium. In 1792, Kleist entered the guard regiment in Potsdam and took part in the Rhein campaign against France in 1796. Kleist voluntarily resigned from army service in 1799 and until 1800 studied philosophy, physics, mathematics, and political science at Viadrina University in Frankfurt an der Oder. He went to Berlin early in the year 1800 and penned his drama "Die Familie Ghonorez". Kleist, who tended to irrationalism and was often tormented by a longing for death, then lit out restlessly through Germany, France, and Switzerland.
After several physical and nervous breakdowns, in which he even burned the manuscript of one of his dramas, Heinrich von Kleist reentered the Prussian army in 1804, working in Berlin and Königsberg. There he wrote "Amphitryon" and "Penthesilea."
After being discharged in 1807, Kleist was apprehended on suspicion of being a spy. After this he went to Dresden, where he edited the art journal "Phoebus" with Adam Müller and completed the comedy "The Broken Pitcher" ("Der zerbrochene Krug") and the folk play "Katchen von Heilbronn" ("Das Käthchen von Heilbronn").
Back in Berlin, the one time Rousseau devotee had become a bitter opponent of Napoleon. In 1811, he finished "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg." Finding himself again in financial and personal difficulties, Heinrich von Kleist, together with his lover, the terminally ill Henriette Vogel, committed suicide near the Wannsee in Berlin in 1811.
[From http://www.heinrich-von-kleist.com/]
After several physical and nervous breakdowns, in which he even burned the manuscript of one of his dramas, Heinrich von Kleist reentered the Prussian army in 1804, working in Berlin and Königsberg. There he wrote "Amphitryon" and "Penthesilea."
After being discharged in 1807, Kleist was apprehended on suspicion of being a spy. After this he went to Dresden, where he edited the art journal "Phoebus" with Adam Müller and completed the comedy "The Broken Pitcher" ("Der zerbrochene Krug") and the folk play "Katchen von Heilbronn" ("Das Käthchen von Heilbronn").
Back in Berlin, the one time Rousseau devotee had become a bitter opponent of Napoleon. In 1811, he finished "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg." Finding himself again in financial and personal difficulties, Heinrich von Kleist, together with his lover, the terminally ill Henriette Vogel, committed suicide near the Wannsee in Berlin in 1811.
[From http://www.heinrich-von-kleist.com/]
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October 20, 2019
Rereading required reading materials from high school is always an interesting adventure, especially if you do so to convince your own children that the author is not as boring as they (and your former self) thought.
Being a teacher, I have to ask myself why we fail so ungraciously at conveying the message of great classics? How come we ruin perfectly wonderful stories so entirely that it takes a quarter century to go back and dare to face the trauma of a written assessment on a famous dash again?
My professional self is blushing at the inadequacy of the teaching my student self experienced that long ago. In any case, Kleist is not to blame. He's wonderfully rebellious, modern, individual, daring!
And to my former German teacher, a note to the past: you STRONGLY exaggerated the importance of that stupid dash in the Marquise - there is so much more to her than the omitted description of the sexual act! What about her power and self-determination, her independence and protection of her children, what about her incredible courage for posting that note in the newspaper? What kind of fixation does it show that you were going on and on and on about what Kleist didn't TELL? Yes, so what? We ALL know what he didn't tell. The art is in the imagination, not in over-interpretation. If that is what you want, dear former teacher, I suggest you read Bret Easton Ellis instead. He leaves no dash to wonder about!
Being a teacher, I have to ask myself why we fail so ungraciously at conveying the message of great classics? How come we ruin perfectly wonderful stories so entirely that it takes a quarter century to go back and dare to face the trauma of a written assessment on a famous dash again?
My professional self is blushing at the inadequacy of the teaching my student self experienced that long ago. In any case, Kleist is not to blame. He's wonderfully rebellious, modern, individual, daring!
And to my former German teacher, a note to the past: you STRONGLY exaggerated the importance of that stupid dash in the Marquise - there is so much more to her than the omitted description of the sexual act! What about her power and self-determination, her independence and protection of her children, what about her incredible courage for posting that note in the newspaper? What kind of fixation does it show that you were going on and on and on about what Kleist didn't TELL? Yes, so what? We ALL know what he didn't tell. The art is in the imagination, not in over-interpretation. If that is what you want, dear former teacher, I suggest you read Bret Easton Ellis instead. He leaves no dash to wonder about!
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October 23, 2025
ik vond dit eig verschrikkelijk om te lezen in het begin want wrm zijn zijn zinnen zo raar maar uiteindelijk heb ik er toch een appreciatie voor gekregen
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October 21, 2025
Veeeeeeel te lange zinnen dus verstond er niet veel van
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