Publisher's Synopsis
English summary: Carl Hauptmann's literary estate contained more than 40 prose texts, written during various stages of his life, all of which were previously unpublished. In addition to the preliminary stages and variants of well-known works there are also completed narratives which are ready for printing. The scope of the subject matter, the stylistic development, the unfliching quest to "recognize inner worlds in life situations and individualities" (H. M. Elstner), all of this becomes especially clear in these texts. German description: Mehr als 40 Prosatexte aus allen Etappen seines Schaffens lagen bisher unveroffentlicht im Nachlass Carl Hauptmanns. Neben Vorstufen und Varianten bekannter Werke gibt es auch vollendete, druckreife Erzahlungen. Die thematische Breite, die stilistische Entwicklung, das unbeirrte Streben, 'innere Welten in Lebenskonstellationen und Individualitaten zu erkennen' (H. M. Elstner), wird gerade in diesen Texten besonders deutlich.
