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GERMAN STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1830-1880

GERMAN STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1830-1880 German Studies LITERATURE, 1830-1880 By JOHN GUTHRIE, Fellow of New Hall, University of Cambridge I. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS AND GENERAL STUDIES. A Concise History of German Literature to 1900, ed. Kim Vivian (SGLLC), 345 pp., has three chapters of interest: 'Young Germany' by Robert C. Holub, 'Bieder­ meier' by Lee Jennings, and 'Realism' by Nancy Kaiser. All are very readable and portray the main features of these movements in 15 to 25 pages in jargon-free style geared to arousing the interest of the non-specialist. The chapter on 'Young Germany' deals with the nature of the Young German opposition, then with the Vormarz, before moving on to Heine and Buchner. The Biedermeier chapter has a general background section dealing succinctly with some of the problems associated with the term. Writers singled out for treatment are Grillparzer, Gotthelf, Stifter, Droste-Hulshoff, Lenau, and Morike, and a brief conclusion brings these writers together and touches on Hegel, Stauss and the wider horizons of 'Realism'. The chapter on Realism succinctly paints in the social-historical, literary and philosophical contexts before moving on firstly to genres, then to individual authors (Storm, Raabe, Ebner-Eschenbach, Meyer, Fon­ tane). This literary history compares positively with what little is available http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

GERMAN STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1830-1880

GUTHRIE, JOHN
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies , Volume 54 (1): 30 – Mar 13, 1993
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German Studies LITERATURE, 1830-1880 By JOHN GUTHRIE, Fellow of New Hall, University of Cambridge I. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS AND GENERAL STUDIES. A Concise History of German Literature to 1900, ed. Kim Vivian (SGLLC), 345 pp., has three chapters of interest: 'Young Germany' by Robert C. Holub, 'Bieder­ meier' by Lee Jennings, and 'Realism' by Nancy Kaiser. All are very readable and portray the main features of these movements in 15 to 25 pages in jargon-free style geared to arousing the interest of the non-specialist. The chapter on 'Young Germany' deals with the nature of the Young German opposition, then with the Vormarz, before moving on to Heine and Buchner. The Biedermeier chapter has a general background section dealing succinctly with some of the problems associated with the term. Writers singled out for treatment are Grillparzer, Gotthelf, Stifter, Droste-Hulshoff, Lenau, and Morike, and a brief conclusion brings these writers together and touches on Hegel, Stauss and the wider horizons of 'Realism'. The chapter on Realism succinctly paints in the social-historical, literary and philosophical contexts before moving on firstly to genres, then to individual authors (Storm, Raabe, Ebner-Eschenbach, Meyer, Fon­ tane). This literary history compares positively with what little is available

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