'...written by an author whose competence and sovereignty in dealing with Kleist's text is apparent in each line.'AUMLA'Anthony Stephen's monograph is the first comprehensive study of the plays and stories to have appeared in English for some time. [...[ he offers several genuinely novel and challenging perspectives on Kleists's work. [...][...]Anthony Stephens has produced an intriguing and highly accessible study'.MLR'enters into an informative dialogue with the wealth of previous criticism, but S's own insights and theories are original and well-argued. [...] This work is a standard for Kleist research and invaluable as a student handbook.'Modern Humanities Research Association
