Affecting Grace - Theatre, Subject, Shakespearean Paradox in German Literature From

Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare’s poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 – including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality.

Sommario

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter One: Mercy and the Spirit of Commerce: Shylock’s Shadow in the Age of Disinterest

Chapter Two: Judging Adam: Theater and the Fall into History

Chapter Three: The Virtue of Things: Meissen Porcelain and the Classical Object

Chapter Four: Of Praise and Poison in Hamlet and Miss Sara Sampson

Chapter Five: Scenic Fantasies: Bellotto in Dresden—Goethe in Strasbourg

Chapter Six: Sovereign Innocence: Schiller’s “Walk” and the Naïve Spectator

Chapter Seven: Caught in the Act: The Comedic Miscarriage of Kleist’s Broken Jug

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Kenneth S. Calhoon is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.

Riassunto

Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare’s poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 – including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth S Calhoon, Kenneth S. Calhoon
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.04.2013
• EAN: 9781487529598
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2959-8
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: German and European Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese