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The shepherd, the volk, and the middle class : transformations of pastoral in German-language writing, 1750-1850 / Elystan Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, Elystan, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
- Studies in German literature linguistics and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pastoral literature, German--History and criticism.
- Pastoral literature, German.
- German literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Middle class in literature.
- Country life in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 286 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Analyzes the transformation of German-language pastoral from a portrayal of the idyllic lives of herdsmen into a vehicle for the concerns and aspirations of the middle class"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Pastoral as a Way of Not Looking at the Country
- Pastoral in the Enlightenment: Salomon Gessner's Idylls
- "Wo giebts dann Schäfer wie diese?": Friedrich "Maler" Müller's Idylls of Cultural Renewal
- Johann Heinrich Voss's Experiments with an Enlightened Idyll
- Goethe and Schiller's Engagements with Pastoral: Facing the Postrevolutionary World
- Heinrich von Kleist: The Promises and Illusions of Pastoral
- Pastoral in the Age of Capital: Eduard Mörike and Johann Nestroy
- Conclusion: From Middle-Class Critique to Critiquing the Middle Classes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781640140646
- 1640140646
- 164014064X
- OCLC:
- 1137737778
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