Classical Centre - Goethe and Weimar 1775-1832

Zusatztext 'this book...says an immense amount in a short space...it draws on a profound knowledge of European literature! its argument is coherent from beginning to end! it is compellingly written...it is the best monograph in English on German classicism in its historical context.' The Times Higher Education Supplement Klappentext "It draws on a profound knowledge of European literature! its argument is coherent from beginning to end! it is compellingly written."--Times Higher Education Supplement. While in Weimar! Goethe wrote literature which gave his country an artistic and intellectual center and contributed to its subsequent unification. T.J. Reed's study traces this development in the face of social and political difficulties and in the context of German cultural history. Through close analysis! he weaves the careers of individual writers of the age into the broader pattern of historical events. Zusammenfassung The literary work which Goethe produced in his Weimar years gave to a country which was not yet a nation the centre of artistic and intellectual authority it lacked. T.J. Reed's study traces the way this came about.

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• Authors: T. J. Reed, T. J. (Fellow Reed, T.J. Reed, Reed T. J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.1986
• EAN: 9780198158424
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815842-4
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, german, Literary studies: general, Literary essays