A History of German Literature: From the Beginnings to the Present Day / Edition 1

by Wolfgang Beutin, Claire Krojzl, Klaus Ehlert, Wolfgang Emmerich, Helmut Hoffacker

Overview

Since the appearance of its first edition in Germany in 1979, A History of German Literature has established itself as a classic work used by students and anyone interested in German literature.
The volume chronologically traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Throughout this chronology, literary developments are set in a social and political context. This includes a final chapter, written for this latest edition, on the consequences of the reunification of Germany in 1990. Thoroughly interdiscipinary in method, the work also reflects recent developments in literary criticism and history.
Highly readable and stimulating, A History of German Literature succeeds in making the literature of the past as immediate and engaging as the works of the present. It is both a scholary study and an invaluable reference work for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415060349
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/16/1993
Edition description:	4th ed
Pages:	810
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Beutin, Wolfgang; Ehlert, Klaus; Emmerich, Wolfgang; Hoffacker, Helmut; Lutz, Bernd; Meid, Volker; Schnell, Ralf; Stein, Peter; Stephan, Inge

Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Medieval Literature 2. Humanism and Reformation 3. Baroque Literature 4. The Enlightenment 5. The Kunstepoche 6. Vormärz 7. Realism and the Grunderzeit 8. Under the Banner of Imperialism 9. Literature in the Weimar Republic 10. Literature in the Third Reich 11. German Literature in Exile 12. Post-1945 German Literature 13. Literature in the German Democratic Republic 14. Literature of the Federal Republic 15. Update A Guide to Further Literature Index of Names and Works