1st Edition

The Reception of Classical German Literature in England, 1760-1860, Volume1 A Documentary History from Contemporary Periodicals

Edited By John Boening Copyright 1977
604 Pages
by Routledge

604 Pages
by Routledge

604 Pages
by Routledge

The extensive scope of this collection means that this documentary record of the reception of German literature in England is a valuable scholarly resource. One of the most important features of British literary and intellectual history over the past 250 years is the influence of German literature. From the second half of the 18 th Century, through the first decades of the 19th, German books and... Read more

Part 1: General reviews of German literature; includes review of two or more authors, notices of anthologies and appreciations devoted to an entire genre.

Volume 1: General Introduction; introduction to Part 1; list of abbreviations; reviews published from 1760 to 1813. William Taylor’s German Student Series. James Clarence Mangan’s Anthologia Germanica Series. General comment and criticism: 1760-1813

Biography

John Boening was Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the English Department at the University of Toledo, USA.