1st Edition

The Byronic Teuton Aspects of German Pessimism 1800-1933

By Elizabeth Wright Copyright 1940
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1940. The Byronic Teuton explores the delineation in German literature, between 1800 and 1933, of certain pessimistic ideas and emotions that were being expressed by writers, artists and academics. This manifestation of negative sentiments was defined by Hentschel as ‘Byronism’. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

    Foreword;  1. Byronic Perspectives  2. Weimar and the Deamonic  3. Byronic Disintegration  4. Byronic Politicians  5. Nihilism and Nietzsche  6. The Byronic Naturalists  7. La Femme Fatale  8. Mors, Momus, and Mars  9. Anglo-German Antithesis;  Notes;  Select Bibliography;  Index

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