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100 1 $aBoyle, Nicholas.
245 10$aGerman literature :$ba very short introduction /$cNicholasBoyle.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2008.
300 $a171 p. :$bill., maps ;$c18 cm.
490 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v178.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 160-162) and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1: Bourgeois and the official : a historical overview -- 2: Laying of the foundations (to 1781) -- 3: Age of idealism (1781-1832) -- 4: Age of materialism (1832-1914) -- 5: Traumas and memories (1914- ) -- Further reading -- Index.
520 $aFrom the Publisher: German literature in all genres and from all historical periods has exerted an enormous influence on the history of western thought. From Martin Luther, Frederick Schiller, and Johann Wolfgang von Goetheto Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Gunter Grass, Germany has produced an impressive number of great writers and great works. In German Literature: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Boyle illuminates the particular character and power of German literature and explores its impact on the larger cultural world. Boyle presents an engrossing tour of German literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, focusing especially on the last 250 years. He examines keythemes like idealism, modernism, materialism, trauma and memory, showing how they have imbued the great German writers with such distinctive voices. Indeed, this brief introduction offers broad coverage of German literature, revealing the links between German literature and the German nation, examining the literary and philosophical responses of German writers to social, political, and economic change, and seeking out the connections between Germany's intellectual traditions and its often violent and tragic history.
650 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism.
830 0$aVery short introductions ;$v178.