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Heinrich von Kleist

5 books, mostly general, for BÄNG Management & Verlag and Bäng Management & Verlags GmbH & Co. KG

Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and journalist whose brief literary career unfolded in the early nineteenth century. His major works include the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O., the comedy The Broken Jug, and the dramas Penthesilea and The Prince of Homburg. His writing is known for intense psychological conflict, moral ambiguity, violence, and a style positioned between Classicism and Romanticism.