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828.91409 SET Two lives | 828.91409 WIL Politics and letters : interviews with new left review | 829.3 TOL Beowulf : a translation and commentary, together with Sellic spell | 830.9 BOY German literature : a very short introduction | 830.9 CHA Eighteenth century German criticism | 830.9 STE The dear purchase : a theme in German modernism | 830.9 STE Re-interpretations : seven studies in nineteenth-century German literature |
Includes Index.
German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Gunter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world." "This Very Short Introduction presents an engrossing tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, focusing especially on the last 250 years. Emphasizing the economic and religious context of many masterpieces of German literature, it highlights how they can be interpreted as responses to social and political changes within an often violent and tragic history. The result is a new and clear perspective which illuminates the power of German literature and the German intellectual tradition, and its impact on the wider cultural world."--BOOK JACKET. This 'Very Short Introduction' presents a tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present focusing especially on the last 250 years. It emphasizes the economic and religious context of many masterpieces of German literature, and highlights their place in wider social and political events.
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