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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822686603321

Autore

Boyle Nicholas

Titolo

German literature : a very short introduction / / Nicholas Boyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-34142-8

9786611341428

0-19-152571-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits

Collana

Very short introductions

Disciplina

830.9

Soggetti

German literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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- ).

Sommario/riassunto

This 'Very Short Introduction' presents a tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present focusing especially on the last 250 years. It emphasizes the economic and religious context of many masterpieces of German literature, and highlights their place in wider social and political events.