| Classical Centre: Goethe and Weimar 1775-1832 Contributor(s): Reed, T. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198158424 ISBN-13: 9780198158424 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1986 Annotation: "It draws on a profound knowledge of European literature, its argument is coherent from beginning to end, it is compellingly written."--Times Higher Education Supplement. While in Weimar, Goethe wrote literature which gave his country an artistic and intellectual center and contributed to its subsequent unification. T.J. Reed's study traces this development in the face of social and political difficulties and in the context of German cultural history. Through close analysis, he weaves the careers of individual writers of the age into the broader pattern of historical events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 831.6 |
| LCCN: 86000731 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.94" W x 8.66" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It draws on a profound knowledge of European literature, its argument is coherent from beginning to end, it is compellingly written.--Times Higher Education Supplement. While in Weimar, Goethe wrote literature which gave his country an artistic and intellectual center and contributed to its subsequent unification. T.J. Reed's study traces this development in the face of social and political difficulties and in the context of German cultural history. Through close analysis, he weaves the careers of individual writers of the age into the broader pattern of historical events. |