Genius of the German Lyric - An Historic Survey of Its Formal and Metaphysical Values

Originally published in 1938, this remains one of the few comprehensive studies of the German lyric, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 1960s. By the use of detailed critical analysis the book interprets the essence of German lyric poetry and includes a study of the phases of German literature in the early 20th Century.

List of contents

Introduction: The Origins of the German Lyric. The German Minnesingers. The Mastersingers. 2. The German Folk-Song 3. Decline and Rebirth 4. Opitz. Further Developments of the Baroque Lyric. 5. Aufklärung and Pietism 6. Klopstock 7. Hölderlin 8. German Romanticism Proper and Further Developments 9. Austria, Biedermeier, Grillparzer 10. The Political Lyric Round About the Years 1830 and 1840-1848. The Munich Circle 11. Droste-Hülshoff. Eduard Mörike. The Swiss Lyric Poets. North German Lyric Poets 12. Changing Views. Nietzsche. Arno Holz. Impressionism and Neo-Romanticism. Expressionism. R. M. Rilke. Stefan George and the "Third Humanism". Counter-Currents and New Paths. Volkhafte Dichtung of the Present Day.

About the author

August Closs was Head of the German Department at the University of Bristol.

Summary

Originally published in 1938 and updated in 1962, this remains one of the few comprehensive studies of the German lyric in any language, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 1960s. By the use of detailed critical analysis the book interprets the essence of German lyric poetry and includes a study of the phases of German literature in the first half of the 20th Century.

Product details

• Authors: August Closs, Closs August
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367820343
• ISBN: 978-0-367-82034-3
• No. of pages: 494
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: German Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / German, german, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets