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German literature : a very short introduction / Nicholas Boyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyle, Nicholas.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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- ).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-162) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-34142-8
- 9786611341428
- 0-19-152571-5
- OCLC:
- 476241866
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