Fontane, Theodor: Briefe an die Freunde“Are there any more? They should be published!”, wrote Thomas Mann, in his review of the “Second Collection” of Theodor Fontane's letters to his friends (Berlin, 1910), which appeared in Maximilian Harden's “Zukunft”. The 2 volume "Final Selection" from Fontane's rich correspondence fulfilling Thomas Mann's wish at least partially, appeared only during WW2, edited by Theodoe Fontane's youngest son Friedrich and Hermann Fricke. Unfortunately, almost the entire edition of the first and a large part of the second volume were destroyed during the war. The publisher was unable to reprint the first volume, making it an extremely scarce antiquarian book. Since the appearance of the presumed “Final Selection” from Fontane's correspondence, many editions have been presented. The volumes now reprinted are, however, still valuable, because some of Fontane's letters were here printed for the first and only time. Not infrequently, the manuscripts of these letters have been lost, which makes the "Final Selection" often the only source for a certain letter. The 470 letters offer a fascinating cross-section of the epistolary work of one of the most important letter-writers of the 19th century. | |
| Multivolume Work | |
| Briefe an die Freunde | |
| Fontane, Theodor | |
| 1995 | |
| Olms | |
| Hildesheim [u.a.] | |
| PPN521183553 | |
| http://www.olmsonline.de/purl?PPN521183553 | |
| Volume | |
| Bd. 2 | |
| Briefe an die Freunde | |
| Fontane, Theodor | |
| 1995 | |
| Olms | |
| Hildesheim [u.a.] | |
| PPN521184452 | |
| 427 | |
| Deutsche Literaturklassiker Germanistik/Neuzeit | |
| http://www.olmsonline.de/purl?PPN521184452 | |
