276 Pages
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Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1981. This study concentrates on the exponents of the central period of German Romanticism, regarding as characteristic the mode in which the poet’s self becomes active only in response to external stimuli, most notably those of landscape.
The author traces the main strands of thought and interests that preoccupy Romantic writers; the revolutionary attitude that is yet... Read more
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction 2. The Romantic Mentality 3. The Romantics and Literary Theory 4. The Romantic Lyric (General) 5. Novalis 6. Clemens Brentano 7. Eichendorff 8. Romantic Drama (General) 9. Heinrich von Kleist 10. Epic Writing (General): (a) The Novel 11. The Novel (Excursus: Jean Paul) 12. Epic Writing (General): (b) Short Forms 13. Ludwig Tieck 14. E. T. A. Hoffman; Bibliographical Appendix; Index
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