An anthology of German literature
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1. Front matter2. Part I3. Part II4. PART I5. PART I (continued 2)6. From ‘Parzival,’ Book 3, lines 293-5001: Parzival takes leave of his mother, who has tried in vain to prevent his hearing of knighthood; the young ‘fool’ follows her directions all too literally.7. From Book 5, lines 345-490: Parzival in the castle of the Grail.38. From Book 16, lines 332-458: Parzival, as purified king of the Grail and unswervingly faithful husband, is reunited to his wife Kondwiramur.9. From ‘Tristan,’ Book I, lines 119-242: The goodness of love and love-stories.10. From ‘Tristan,’ Book 16, lines 11711-11844: The fateful love-potion.111. From ‘Tristan,’ Book 24, lines 15522-15748: The ordeal of God.312. From the ‘French Guest,’ Book 3: Life’s compensations; riches and poverty.13. From the Low German ‘Reinke de Vos,’ Book 2: Reinke under the Pope’s ban; Martin the Ape offers to assist him.14. From the ‘Farmer of Bohemia,’ Chapter 3: A bereaved husband expostulates with Death for taking away his wife.515. From the same, Chapter 12, in which Death makes reply.16. PART II17. From Rebhun’s ‘Susanna,’ Act III, Sc. 4: Having been menaced with death by the wanton judges, Susanna tells her father, mother, and sister of the infamous plot.6218. From Rebhun’s ‘Susanna,’ Act III, Sc. 4: Having been menaced with death by the wanton judges, Susanna tells her father, mother, and sister of the infamous plot.62 (continued 2)19. From ‘Arminius,’ Book I: The temple of the Ancient Germans and its wonderful inscription.20. From ‘Simplicissimus,’ Book I, Chapter 4: The hero’s childhood; brutal soldiers plunder his foster-father’s house and outrage the inmates.21. From the ‘Critical Poetics,’ Part II, Chapter 10.22. From ‘Discourses of the Painters,’ Part I, No. 19; Importance of the Imagination.23. From ‘Agathon,’ Book 16, Chapter 3: The Philosophy of the sage Archytas.324. From ‘Miss Sara Sampson’: Act II, Scene 7.25. From ‘Laokoon,’ Chapter 16.26. From ‘Prometheus,’ Act 3: The Titan’s defiance.27. From Klinger’s ‘Storm and Stress,’ Act 1, Scene 1.128. From Leisewitz’ ‘Julius of Tarentum,’ Act 3, Scene 3.229. From Maler Müller’s ‘Golo and Genevieve,’ Act 3, Scene 4.330. From the ‘Robbers,’ Act 3, Scene 2.31. From ‘Cabal and Love,’ Act 1, Scene 4.