ISBN: 9780521077897 - Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in Their Viennese Setting (anglica Germanica Series 2) (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. pp.viii, 211p, frontispiece and 8 plates, a very good plus hardback in a very good dust-jacket, NOT FROM A LIBRARY and completely clean from any former owner markings [0521077893]. A book in the 'Anglica Germanica - Series 2'.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0521077893.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. very good +. 6 x 90 in. Ochre cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new except for some light foxing two of the end pags. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; like nearly new with some tiny ink marks on the upper front. Drama. Stax.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Minor signsof wear to edges extremities of jacket. Hard back is in very good, bright and solid condition. Pages are very clean, clear and tight throughout. Used.

Condition: COME NUOVO. Cambridge at the University Press cm.14,5x22, pp.VIII,212, 1 map hardcover, clothbound, dust jacket. Coll:Anglica germanica Series,2. Ferdinand Raimund (17901836) was a noted comic actor in the tradition of the Viennese Popular Theatre. He wrote plays to suit the talents of his ensemble at the Leopoldstadt comedy theatre and to entertain the Viennese community, but a powerful ambition to rise above the merely local drove him to develop the conventional dramatic forms beyond their traditional limits. Dorothy Prohaska examines his plays, and discusses their local characteristics as well as their individuality. She is closely informed about the Vienna of the time, and many sections of the book, showing in detail how the plays draw on contemporary life, are full of colourful detail about the city itself. She reveals the complexity of Raimund's development as a playwright within the popular tradition and assesses his achievement as an original dramatist.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No DW. 1st Edition.