Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Limestone (Adalber Stifter)


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The result was keep. Deor (talk) 15:59, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Limestone (Adalber Stifter)

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Book with no claim of notability. Delete or redirect to author. KDS 4444 Talk  16:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep the work is mentioned in the Encyclopedia of German Literature, as noted in a reference I have added.– Gilliam (talk) 06:38, 14 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I translated the article directly from the German official page in Wikipedia. This is part of a translation course of the University of Freiburg that I am following. After I translated the article, an English native speaker professor reviewed it, and it was only published after that.
 * The article is about a novella contained in the most famous book by Adalbert Stifter, one of the greatest Austrian writer, and it is absolutely worth a place in wikipedia. I needed information about the story as I had to discuss about it in another course, but there were no articles on Wikipedia. Therefore I decided to translate it from the German. I hope it won't be delete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.70.25.85 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. North America1000 18:43, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. North America1000 18:43, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:05, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:NBOOK and WP:GNG. Reviewd by kirkus - "Stifter is classicist in style and basically a moralist in content. ""Limestone,"" ""Tourmaline,"" and ""The Recluse"" are all enacted against an inward landscape of innocence lost or innocence regained, where lonely protagonists reach decisions about life akin to religious conversions, and where the eccentricities or the shadowy emblems of human character and situation are observed re Nature or fate or laws of life. This gives great dignity, a symbolic austerity, and even mystery to Stifter's creations. Yet the lasting impression is one of sentimentality, a dated dream world. Superbly translated." -, Publishers Weekly - "Four of Stifter's stories, richly evocative and brushed with mystery, are presented here in a wonderful new translation." - , PN Review (subscription required for more of the review)- "Quality is always important in translation, but more so with a writer like Stifter whose style is such an immediate reflection of thought. These versions are so good that you are never aware of the translator's presence." - , Choice Review of the ALA - "On the whole, a competent scholarly work." - , The Cambridge Quarterly - needs a subscription - . EBSCO shows there are a couple more reviews - , . Also, WorldCat has LImestone and Other Stories in around 200 libraries and Brigitta with Abdias, Limestone and the forest path in over 200 libraries. As the story appears in a number of collections a publication history section would probably be a helpful addition to the article. Coolabahapple (talk) 09:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - after the research done by, definitely worth keeping. In fact, it would be wonderful if Coolabahapple could add that stuff to the article, since they did all the heavy lifting.   Onel 5969  TT me 13:57, 28 January 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.