LEADER 03943nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910782729903321 005 20231206210401.0 010 $a0-7735-6444-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773564442 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280298 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225995 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280298 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291732 035 $a(PQKB)11770650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331028 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141699 035 $a(OCoLC)929121312 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/gz1wrw 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400846 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331028 035 $a(DE-B1597)656358 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773564442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245291 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713609 100 $a19940510h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of histories of German literature $e1835-1914 /$fMichael S. Batts 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d1993. 210 4$aŠ1993 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7735-1140-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 218-287) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tFrom Gervinus to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century -- $tFrom the Middle of the Nineteenth Century to Scherer (1883) -- $tThe End of the Nineteenth Century and the Beginning of the Twentieth Century -- $tTitles, Periodization, and the Literary Canon -- $tThe Most Successful Histories of German Literature and Translations into Other Languages -- $tForeign Histories of German Literature: French -- $tForeign Histories of German Literature: English Language Areas (UK, USA) -- $tForeign Histories of German Literature: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland -- $tAn Overview -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aBatts analyses the kinds of predisposition, or bias, displayed by the authors of these works, and accounts for the persistence of certain biases over a long period of time. Histories of German literature published in other western European countries, Britain, and North America are also evaluated to determine to what extent, if any, a particular (i.e., non-German) attitude towards German literature is characteristic of a given country. The recognition of personal, religious, national, and other biases is important since the stereotypical image of the people of a given country is strongly influenced by the manner in which their literature is portrayed. Batts concludes that the history of German literature as it developed in the nineteenth century has doubly distorted history. The selection of works for inclusion in the histories on subjective grounds of "quality" conceals the fact that other, "inferior," works may in their time have had a far greater impact. As well, the authors of the histories fail to discuss those works from the past that are still being read. 517 1 $aHistories of German literature 606 $aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCriticism$zGermany$xHistory 606 $aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory. 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory. 676 $a830.9/001 700 $aBatts$b Michael S$0171500 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782729903321 996 $aA history of histories of German literature$93680267 997 $aUNINA