Lyric Pioneers of Modern Germany : Studies in German Social Poetry / Solomon Liptzin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liptzin, Solomon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

German poetry.

Social problems.

Socialism--Germany.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1928]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the social lyric of German poets looking at issues such as social pity, vice and crime, social utopias, social revolt, and social cynicism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

I. The Rise of the German Social Lyric

II. The Poet of the Middle Class

III. Weltschmerz and the Social Lyric

IV. The Lyric of Social Pity

V. The Lyric of Vice and Crime

VI. The Lyric of Social Utopias

VII. The Climax of the Early Social Lyric

VIII. The Lyric of Social Revolt

IX.The Lyric of Social Cynicism

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88588-1

OCLC:

1100454091