ANECDOTES by Heinrich von Kleist

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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    Paperback, 120 pages
    Published 2021 by Sublunary Editions
    ISBN: 978-1955190077
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  • @jmmwp847
    @jmmwp847 3 года назад +4

    Stoked by this video as the other day I was just reading "The Marquise of O and Other Stories" (Penguin Classics). For those who're looking to start with Kleist I recommend reading "The Earthquake in Chile" imo easily the most memorable short story written by him (included in the aforementioned book) and pretty much encapsulates his "style" (tragic irony, cold & impersonal narration, some enlightenment themes, etc.). "The Marquise of O" is also great and illustrates the other side of Kleist's works - comedy. Although it's a bit hard, at least for me, to find English translation for his plays as he's as diligent in writing short stories as in composing plays. But suffice to say his works made me want to learn German for the sake of it.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for sharing this! I'm going to pin it.

  • @lionelbelanger6242
    @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for reviewing a work from the time of the enlightenment. There were so many things like this, simply forgotten. WELL DONE SIR

  • @MaximTendu
    @MaximTendu 3 года назад +4

    Brilliant little (in size, not in content) book, thanks so much for signalling it.
    I'm a massive fan of his Der Prinz von Homburg, adapted into a delirious (in a good way) movie by one of the greatest Italian filmmakers, Marco Bellocchio- alas not an easy find (I've got a VHS copy without subtitles).
    Von Kleist died in his mid-thirties; whenever I think of this, a Tom Lehrer quote comes to mind: "it is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      My pleasure! Sublunary is putting out great stuff!
      Your anecdote (haha) made me think of my time spent yesterday watching the film adaptation of Nezval's Valerie and Her Week of Wonders!

    • @MaximTendu
      @MaximTendu 3 года назад +2

      @@LeafbyLeaf That's a wild one :D You could change the title of that movie into How High That High and no one but Diane Williams would notice the difference. May God bless Nezval and Čapek and their kith & kin.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      😆

  • @Fiction_Beast
    @Fiction_Beast 3 года назад +1

    A while back I read the Marquise of O by von Kleist. I loved his matter-of-fact writing, and folk-tale style. Great video, Chris!

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад

      Thanks, Matt! That's the only other work of his I've read.

  • @marinellamaccagni6951
    @marinellamaccagni6951 3 года назад +3

    I adore heinrich von kleist! I read a biography on kleist. What a messy and Amazing life he had!

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +2

      Indeed! Anyone who coordinates a suicide with a terminally ill friend is automatically amazing to me.

  • @theelegantcouplesbookrevie8734
    @theelegantcouplesbookrevie8734 3 года назад +1

    Will have to look for von Kleist! Thank you for this!

  • @vcackermanwrites
    @vcackermanwrites 2 года назад +1

    I’m glad they were able to save these after such a short publication run. These little stories sound very interesting.

  • @sventhemoose1218
    @sventhemoose1218 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the recommendation! Just finished reading this enjoyable little gem. It struck me that the period was about half way between now and the start of the Renaissance, and the stories on one hand reflect some of the older beliefs of the 16th century, while the backdrop of science and technology begins to turn toward modern days. This was a pivot point in the history of western society, and the book gives us a glimpse into those times. Kleist has an ear for the bizarre and unusual, reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      You're welcome. Quite right about the historical context. One can sense the transition of eras. Poe, yes--and perhaps Charles Hoy Fort and those French guys who wrote Morning of the Magicians!

  • @kjcs_1896
    @kjcs_1896 2 года назад

    Ever since I got a battered edition of Penguin Classic's "The Marquise of O- and Other Stories" 3 years ago from a thrift shop for books, I haven't gotten him out of my mind, and reading it as been almost a monthly ritual. He was a tragic character, and the stories he wrote were quite tragic and almost decadent sometimes, he seems a man before his time. Easily one of my top 5 authors. I only wish people would find out about him more.

  • @varlamplatonov6099
    @varlamplatonov6099 3 года назад +4

    I hope there are new translations of Jean Paul Richter and Hippel. There are lot of blindspots in the publications if the authors have a lighter and humorous direction (even though a guy like Hegel pointed that this direction was the future after romanticism).

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +3

      If presses like Sublunary and First to Knock keep doing what they’re doing, it may well come to pass! FtK is bringing out a volume of Schuré next month!

    • @unpaginated
      @unpaginated 3 года назад +3

      The translator here! Well, you're in luck. I'm currently at work on a Jean Paul project for Empyrean Editions. We've already done some corrected reprints of 19th century translations, but these will be, to my knowledge, the first new translations of him in at least a century.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +3

      Well well well!

  • @lionelbelanger6242
    @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +2

    I sincerely hope these are released on Amazon Kindle. I have fuchs dystrophy and am now legally blind. I can still magnify kindle and most browsers to read a bit. Books, not so much.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Ah, I see. Unfortunately I don't think they're doing electronic versions of their books. I'll check with the main guy and see what he says.

    • @lionelbelanger6242
      @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +1

      @@LeafbyLeaf ❤❤

  • @croinkix
    @croinkix 3 года назад +3

    I just began reading Kleist! Something might be happening in the cosmos yet again.

  • @mattjmjmjm4731
    @mattjmjmjm4731 3 года назад +3

    Where do I start with Heinrich von Kleist? Never read him before.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Probably The Marquise of O.

  • @pufyshoes
    @pufyshoes 3 года назад +2

    Great video. Never heard of it before but now it’s on the list!
    Any plans to review any Nabokov anytime soon? Not even sure he’s your cup of tea but would love to hear your thoughts on something like Pale Fire.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Thanks! I adore Nabokov, and Pale Fire is, in my opinion, his greatest work. I have also always been taken by his short stories. It's a strange fact that he doesn't have a video (or videos) on the channel yet. So much left to do!

    • @pufyshoes
      @pufyshoes 3 года назад +1

      @@LeafbyLeaf I feel the same way about Pale Fire. Looking forward to whenever you get around to him!
      Also, since you like Nabokov so much, wanted to plug Gene Wolfe again. Writes unreliable narrators and puzzle box novels in a similar way, but with his own take. He’s sci fi and fantasy, except for his novel Peace, but truly can’t recommend enough.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Is The Fifth Head of Cerberus the best place to start with Wolfe?

    • @pufyshoes
      @pufyshoes 3 года назад +1

      @@LeafbyLeaf It was my starting point, and I think it’s a great introduction to his style, and the themes he likes to revisit. It’s also a nice taste of the little textual games and tricks he pulls, with unreliable narrators and epistolary stories. It’s also short enough for a reread fairly quickly after finishing, which is one of the great great pleasures of Wolfe. You can never read a book of his again for the first time, because having finished it, it’s become a different book.

  • @NAFUSO1
    @NAFUSO1 3 года назад +3

    Dang it. I need to stop subscribing to you because I feel compelled to buy everything you recommend.... So, my GoodReads TBR grows yet again.

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Sorry! (Sorta.) 😬😁

  • @heekyungkim8147
    @heekyungkim8147 2 года назад +1

    Your bookshelves are impressive…..

  • @lionelbelanger6242
    @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +3

    I do not use PayPal, ergo no coffee, I did try. Have you an alternate pathway of support?

    • @LeafbyLeaf
      @LeafbyLeaf  3 года назад +1

      Oh, it's no problem at all. If you're getting value out of the videos, that's enough for me!

    • @lionelbelanger6242
      @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад

      Philosophical differences in play here.
      I understand this is your advocation sir. You have ownership pride in your labor.
      My position here is, how to show respect for a persons work which benefits man/mankind.
      The world twists madly in the threads of ignorance. Spiderwebs of conspiracy theories , half truths and outright lies drag the undereducated down paths of physical and moral danger.
      The revival of enlightenment concepts,, what better lifeline to pull the lost to safety?
      [forgive poetic license please, it is "who I am"]
      To honor this work there MUST be a prize
      Consider an alternate venue to hear my applause.

  • @Chuck44442
    @Chuck44442 Год назад +1

    ...man..!!! Is that a real bookshelve?? Or, are u using a Green screen??

  • @rickharsch8797
    @rickharsch8797 3 года назад +3

    Pig bladder...Kafka takes the trick

  • @lionelbelanger6242
    @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +1

    There are no enlightenment style thinkers in American politics today. SADLY

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 3 года назад +2

      Such thinkers are rare in any time or place--especially "in politics."

    • @lionelbelanger6242
      @lionelbelanger6242 3 года назад +2

      @@kreek22 You are obviously correct. I mourn the absence of critical thought. We have populists not thinkers.