Ebook: Kleist's Aristocratic Heritage and Das Käthchen von Heilbronn

William Reeve provides a detailed textual analysis of Heinrich von Kleist's drama Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, demonstrating that Kleist drew its poetic images, themes, and general atmosphere from the Prussian aristocratic class into which he had been born. Reeve's comprehensive re-reading of Käthchen throws light on the enigmas and textual incongruities that have puzzled Kleist's commentators in the past.