Elements of Cultural Continuity in Modern German Literature : A Study of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Mann / Ramona Simut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simut, Ramona, author.

Series:

Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Providing an analysis of the most important works of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Thomas Mann based on the methodology of comparative literature, this book attempts to determine the elements which reflect a common line of thought in their writings, as well as investigating how these cultural themes reflect their perspective on life and the world, the German spirit and nationality, art and music, politics and society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE AND THE CULTURAL CONFIGURATION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

2. FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE AND THE CRISIS OF MODERN CULTURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

3. PAUL THOMAS MANN AND THE PROBLEM OF THE MODERN ARTIST IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463233228

1463233221

OCLC:

882243075