Building a National Literature : The Case of Germany, 1830 - 1870 / Peter Uwe Hohendahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hohendahl, Peter Uwe, author.

Contributor:

Franciscono, Renate Baron.

National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program, funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Germany--History--19th century.

Books and reading.

Criticism--Germany--History--19th century.

Criticism.

Liberalism--Germany--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Literature and society--Germany--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Genre:

Anthologies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determine the canonical status of writers and works. He examines important elements in the making of a national literature, including the political and literary public sphere, the theory and practice of literary criticism, and the emergence of academic criticism as literary history. Hohendahl considers such key aspects of the process in Germany as the rise of liberalism and nationalism, the delineation of the borders of German literature, the idea of its history, the understanding of its cultural function, and the notion of a canon of major and minor authors.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Institution of Literature

2. The Public Sphere

3 . The Critique of the Liberal Public Sphere

4. The Institutionalization of Literature and Criticism

5. Literary Tradition and the Poetic Canon

6. The Literary Canon of the Nachmärz

7. The Institutionalization of Literary History

8. Education, Schools, and Social Structure

9. Culture for the People

10. Epilogue: The Road to Industrial Culture

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501705465

1501705466

9781501705472

1501705474

OCLC:

979911500