German Literature

Name: German Literature
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ISBN: 9780199206599

ISBN-10: 0199206597

ISBN-13: 9780199206599

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nicholas Boyle

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German literature in all genres and from all historical periods has exerted an enormous influence on the history of western thought. From Martin Luther, Frederick Schiller, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Gunter Grass, Germany has produced an impressive number of great writers and great works. In German Literature: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Boyle illuminates the particular character and power of German literature and explores its impact on the larger cultural world. Boyle presents an engrossing tour of German literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, focussing especially on the last 250 years. He examines key…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English




The bourgeois and the official: a historical overview



The laying of the foundations (to 1781)



The age of idealism (1781-1832)



The age of materialism (1832-1914)



Traumas and memories (1914- )


Further reading


Index