Alfred Neumann (1895–1952)
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Series
Obras de Alfred Neumann
Another Caesar 8 copias
Guerra : Roman 5 copias
Die Goldquelle : Roman 5 copias
König Haber : Erzählung 4 copias
Der Patriot 3 copias
Mellan dag och natt 3 copias
Gitterwerk des Lebens 2 copias
Der Patriot : Drama in 5 Akten 2 copias
Der Konnetabel 2 copias
Die Brüder : Roman 2 copias
Il patriota e re Haber 1 copia
Königin Christine von Schweden 1 copia
Mäster Olivier : roman 1 copia
Magister Taussig : Erzählung 1 copia
Císařství 1 copia
Der Patriot. Koenig Haber 1 copia
Kleine Helden. Erzaehlungen. 1 copia
Raetsel-Dichtungen 1 copia
Saïs : ein Rätselbuch 1 copia
Delphi. Neue Raetsel-Dichtungen 1 copia
Neue Gedichte. 1 copia
Gesammelte Werke 1 copia
Das Kind von Paris Roman 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Neumann, Alfred
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1895-10-15
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1952-10-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Germany
- País (para mapa)
- Germany
- Ocupaciones
- writer
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 43
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 141
- Popularidad
- #145,671
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 5
- Idiomas
- 1
The political machinations, often cruel and unprincipled, that the two map out in order to increase the power of the king at the expense of the French nobles, are at first interesting. But during the second half of the book, they begin to become repetitive and even a bit tedious.
As contemporary reviewers pointed, out, Neumann's narrative interests really did not lie in 15th-century France, as we get very little flavor of what life was like during that time, other than political the conditions. Neumann was interested in the motivations of power, the depths of cruelty that the powerful would go to do build and retain that power, and the effects such goings on would have on the personalities involved. Another important theme is the way in which two interlocking personalities may almost seem to fuse into one There are occasional long passages where one or the other of the two main characters, especially the title character, ponder such themes. In other words, it's sort of Shakespeare meets Henry James.
So, as noted, I found the book to be interesting and lively throughout the first half, and less so, almost, eventually, a bit of a slog, in the second half.… (más)