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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524905303321

Autore

Hohendahl Peter Uwe

Titolo

Building a national literature : the case of Germany, 1830-1870 / / Peter Uwe Hohendahl ; translated by Renate Baron Franciscono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca ; ; London : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016

©1989

ISBN

9781501705465

9780801496226

9780801418624

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 361 pages)

Disciplina

830/.9/007

Soggetti

German literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - Germany - History - 19th century

Criticism - Germany - History - 19th century

Books and reading - Germany - History - 19th century

Liberalism - Germany - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Literarische Kultur im Zeitalter des Liberalismus 1830-1870.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The institution of literature -- The public sphere -- The critique of the liberal public sphere -- The institutionalization of literature and criticism -- Literary tradition and the poetic canon -- The literary canon of the Nachmärz -- The institutionalization of literary history -- Education, schools, and the social structure -- Culture for the people -- Epilog: The road to industrial culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Hohendahl examines important elements in the making of a national literature, including the political and literary public sphere, the theory and practice of literary criticism, and the emergence of academic criticism as literary history.