German Literature (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for German Literature German writers, be it Goethe, Nietzsche, Marx, Brecht or Mann, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the particular character and power of German literature, and examines its impact on the wider cultural world.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 28 May 2008
- Format: Paperback 184 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General
- ISBN 13: 9780199206599 ISBN 10: 0199206597
- Sales rank: 220,301
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Full description for German Literature
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, focussing 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.
