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Contraries: Studies in German Literature

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Contraries: Studies in German Literature

by Michael Hamburger

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E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 369 pages, with selected bibliography. Essays written in 1950s and later cover Kleist, Goethe, Heine, Novalis, Nietzsche, Hoelderlin, Thomas Mann and others. 8vo, orangish red cloth with black lettering on spine, little wear but cocked, faint foxing to edges and end papers. Names of former owners Profs. Ann and Warner Berthoff written on ffep, their underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 35 pages and front pastedown.

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Bookseller
Berthoff Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
AEB-252
Title
Contraries: Studies in German Literature
Author
Michael Hamburger
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0525085203
ISBN 13
9780525085201
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published
1970
Keywords
GERMAN LITERATURE, HOLDERLIN, KLEIST, GOETHE, NOVALIS, NIETZSCHE, MANN, TRAKL
Bookseller catalogs
Literary criticism;

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