"German literature and thought flourished in the eighteenth century, when a culture considered a European backwater came to assert worldwide significance. This was an age in which repeated attempts to reform German literary and philosophical culture were made - often only to be overtaken within...

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Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Rochester, New York Camden House 2018
Schriftenreihe:	Edinburgh German Yearbook 12
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1700-1800 Literatur Wertung Deutsch German literature / 18th century / History and criticism German poetry / 18th century / History and criticism German drama / 18th century / History and criticism Authors, German / 18th century / History and criticism Philosophy, German / 18th century LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German German literature Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	"German literature and thought flourished in the eighteenth century, when a culture considered a European backwater came to assert worldwide significance. This was an age in which repeated attempts to reform German literary and philosophical culture were made - often only to be overtaken within a few decades. It ushered in generations of exceptionally gifted poets and thinkers including Klopstock, Lessing, Goethe, Kant, and Schiller, whose names still dominate our understanding of the German Enlightenment. Yet the period also brought with it new means of accessing and disseminating culture and a rapid increase in cultural production. The leading lights of eighteenth-century German culture operated against the backdrop of a yet more diverse and vivid cast of literary and philosophical figures since consigned to the second tier of German culture. Through essays that examine particular non-canonical works and writers in their wider cultural context, this collection repopulates the German Enlightenment with these largely forgotten movements, writers, and literary circles. It offers new insights into the development of genres such as the novel, the fable, and the historical drama, and assesses the dynamics that led to individual authors, circles, and schools of thought being left behind in their time and passed over or inadequately understood to this day." --
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (1 volume)
ISBN:	9781787444379 1787444376
DOI:	10.1017/9781787444379