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