Literatur Eins - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393950417 ISBN 13: 9780393950410

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979

Synopsis

Literatur Eins, in its second Edition, offers beginning students in the German language a varied and stimulating array of traditional and modern German literature.

Beginning with two Grimm fairy tales, it proceeds through stories by Peter Bischsel, plays by Brecht, a Hörspiel by Dürrenmatt, fables and parables by Kafka, and poems by Goethe, Eichendorff, Heine, Hesse, Brecht, and Wolf Biermann to present engaging readings that are accessible to first- and second-year students. All texts are unabridged and unrevised, fully glossed, and accompanied by discussion questions as well as exercises that lead students from reading comprehension to active mastery of the vocabulary and grammar they have met in the selections.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'Literatur Eins, ' in its second edition, offers beginning students in the German language a varied and stimulating array of traditional and modern German literature. All texts are unabridged and unrevised, fully glossed, and accompanied by discussion questions as well as exercises that lead students from reading comprehension to active mastery of the vocabulary and grammar they have met in the selections.

About the Author:

Robert Spaethling was raised in the Bavarian town of Weissenstadt. He attended the Universities of Regensburg and Würzburg and has a Ph.D. in German from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Larkspur, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0393950417
• ISBN 13: 9780393950410
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Spaethling Robert, Weber Eugene