The German Tradition in Literature 1871 1945

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the German tradition; part I. Writers and Politics: 1. Writers and politics: 1871-1918; 2. Writers and politics: 1918-1933; 3. Writers and politics: 1933-1945; Part II. Thomas Mann: 4. Buddenbrooks (1); 5. Buddenbrooks (2)' 6. Tonio Kröger; Death in Venice; 7. the Magic Mountain; 8. Mario and the Magician; 9. The 'Joseph' novels; 10. Dr Faustus; Part III. Rilke: 11. Rilke's poetry; 12. Rilke and mysticism; 13. Malte Laurids Brigge; The Duino Elegies; 14. The Sonnets to Orpheus; Part IV. Reshaping the Tradition: 15. Hofmannsthal and Der Schwierige; 16. English resistance to German literature from Coleridge to D. H. Lawrence; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This book argues that German literature since 1871 has been dominated by the tendency to think in polar opposites which are diametrically opposed yet capable of fusion, and considers how this is linked with the German history of the time. There are detailed studies of Thomas Mann and Rilke.

Product details

• Authors: Gray Ronald, Ronald Gray, Ronald D. Gray
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.06.2010
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9780521292788
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29278-8
• Pages: 396
• Dimensions (packing): 14 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 557 g
• Subjects: Germany; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900