August Closs

The Genius of the German Lyric (eBook, PDF)

An Historic Survey Of Its Formal And Metaphysical Values

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1938, this remains one of the few comprehensive studies of the German lyric, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 1960s. By the use of detailed critical analysis the book interprets the essence of German lyric poetry and includes a study of the phases of German literature in the early 20th Century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000766288
• Artikelnr.: 58646800

Autorenporträt

August Closs was Head of the German Department at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Origins of the German Lyric. The German Minnesingers. The
Mastersingers. 2. The German Folk-Song 3. Decline and Rebirth 4. Opitz.
Further Developments of the Baroque Lyric. 5. Aufklärung and Pietism 6.
Klopstock 7. Hölderlin 8. German Romanticism Proper and Further
Developments 9. Austria, Biedermeier, Grillparzer 10. The Political Lyric
Round About the Years 1830 and 1840-1848. The Munich Circle 11.
Droste-Hülshoff. Eduard Mörike. The Swiss Lyric Poets. North German Lyric
Poets 12. Changing Views. Nietzsche. Arno Holz. Impressionism and
Neo-Romanticism. Expressionism. R. M. Rilke. Stefan George and the "Third
Humanism". Counter-Currents and New Paths. Volkhafte Dichtung of the
Present Day.