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A study of the main themes in the works of Hans Henny Jahnn, with special emphasis on the novel trilogy Fluss ohne Ufer.

In the pessimistic world of Hans Henny Jahnn it is refreshing to find one subject which the author illuminates with hope. Youth is a theme which Jahnn portrays again and again, sensitively depicting its joys and turmoil even in his later works, when his own youth lay far behind him. The youth Jahnn glorifies is not childhood in general, but rather that time in a child's life when he stands on the threshold to manhood. [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.118502
Date January 1966
CreatorsJackson, Karin Victoria.
ContributorsArnold, A. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts. (Department of German. )
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library.

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