Aesthetic Humanism. German Literature 1790-1830.

Saul, Nicholas

Abstract

Now available in paperback, this is the first book to describe German literary history up to the unification of Germany in 1990. Contributors, all leading scholars in their field, take a fresh look at the main authors and movements, and also ask what Germans in a given period were actually reading and writing, what they would have seen at the local theatre or found in the local lending library; it includes, for example, discussions of literature in Latin as well as in German, eighteenth-century letters and popular novels, Nazi literature and radio plays, and modern Swiss and Austrian literature. A new prominence is given to writing by women. The book is designed for general readers as well as students and scholars: titles and quotations are translated, and there is an extensive bibliography.

Citation

Saul, N. (1997). Aesthetic Humanism. German Literature 1790-1830. In H. Watanabe-O'Kelly (Ed.), The Cambridge History of German Literature (202-272; 548-555). Cambridge University Press

• Publication Date: 1997-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 202-272; 548-555
• Book Title: The Cambridge History of German Literature.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1669141