Classical Centre - Goethe and Weimar, 1775-1832

Informationen zum Autor T. J. Reed was Taylor Professor of German at the University of Oxford. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1980, this book examines the nature and significance of Classicism as a literary phenomenon and relates the beginnings of the German variety to the search for a national identity in the circumstances of a politically fragmented eighteenth century Germany. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Theatre and Nation 3. Drama and Society 4. Poetry and Nature 5. Landscape with Writers 6. Classics: (1) The Novel 7. Classics: (2) Drama 8. Classics: (3) Poetry 9. Realities Ancient and Modern: (1) Revolution 10. Divergences 11. Realities Ancient and Modern: (2) Mythology 12. Isolation 13. Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: T. J. Reed, Reed T. J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367856625
• ISBN: 978-0-367-85662-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: German Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism