German Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Boyle, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199206597 ISBN 13: 9780199206599

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2008

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Book by Boyle Nicholas

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Boyle has a sure touch and an obvious authority...this is a balanced and lively introduction to German literature. (Ben Hutchinson, TLS)

highly impressive... Professor Boyle concentrates on creating a lucid, wide-ranging historical background against which each of the five periods is brought to life, with a challenging choice of examples (Forum for Modern Language Studies)

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German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Günter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world.

This Very Short Introduction presents an engrossing tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, focussing especially on the last 250 years. Emphasizing the economic and religious context of many masterpieces of German literature, it highlights how they can be interpreted as responses to social and political changes within an often violent and tragic history. The result is a new and clear perspective which illuminates the power of German literature and the German intellectual tradition, and its impact on the wider cultural world.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199206597
• ISBN 13: 9780199206599
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192