Early Modern German Literature 1350-1700 (Camden House History of German Literature)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1571132473 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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CHOICE () The editor and the contributors are to be praised for having accomplished a truly Herculean task through which this period finally receives the recognition it deserves. This pioneering tome joins German Literature of the High Middle Ages and other volumes in the series, and deserves a broad readership. H-NET The most important guide to the subject now available in English. Highly recommended. MONATSHEFTE . GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW This vast undertaking -- in which scholars teaching in America, Canada, England, and Germany collaborated - is, with its over 1000 pages, an interdisciplinary work containing wide-ranging essays that range far beyond German literature of
. CONTRIBUTORS: KLAUS GARBER, GRAEME DUNPHY, RENATE BORN, STEPHAN FÜSSEL, SCOTT DIXON, WILHELM KÜHLMANN, MAX REINHART, JOACHIM KNAPE, HANS-GERT ROLOFF, ERIKA RUMMEL, JOHN ALEXANDER, PETER HESS, ANDREAS SOLBACH, PETER DALY, HELEN WATANABE-O'KELLY, JILL BEPLER, GERHART HOFFMEISTER, STEVEN SAUNDERS, JEFFREY CHIPPS SMITH, WOLFGANG N
In an introduction and twenty-seven essays on specific but broadly-based topics of seminal importance to the period, written by leading specialists from North America, the United Kingdom, and Germany, this pathbreaking volume reflects this state-of-the-art research. Greater attention to the cultural and social phenomena that affect literary production has led to hitherto neglected areas of research, including the culture of learning and learnedness; the idea of authorship; the relationship between the intellectual elite and the state and other political authorities and institutions; the development of the family; gender dichotomy; and the early formation of an educated, urban middle class. Flood, Laurel Carrington, Theodor Verweyen, John Roger Paas Max Reinhart is Professor of German at the University of Georgia.. Contributo