%0 Book
%A Almute Wedekind
%D 1983
%C New York, United States of America
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%T «Die Verlobung in St. Domingo»
%B Kleist's Novelle in Translation and as a Basis for Opera and Drama
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1073452
%X The purpose of this work is twofold. First, Die Verlobung in St. Domingo is analyzed, emphasizing the topics of society and race, interpersonal relationships, and death; the historical back- ground at the time of the racial war in Haiti is illustrated; the English and French versions are examined. Secondly, the three works that were inspired by Kleist's Novelle are analyzed: A play by Kleist's contemporary Theodor Körner, and two operas by the modern composers Winfried Zillig and Werner Egk.
%G English