The Cambridge History of German Literature [Paperback]

A history of German literature to 1990, written from a post-Reunification standpoint.This is the first book to describe German literary history up to the Unification of Germany in 1990. It is a history for our times: well-known authors and movements are set in a wider literary, cultural and political context, standard judgements are reexamined where appropriate, and a new prominence is given to writing by women. The book is designed for the general reader as well as the advanced student: titles and quotations are translated, and there is an extensive bibliography.This is the first book to describe German literary history up to the Unification of Germany in 1990. It is a history for our times: well-known authors and movements are set in a wider literary, cultural and political context, standard judgements are reexamined where appropriate, and a new prominence is given to writing by women. The book is designed for the general reader as well as the advanced student: titles and quotations are translated, and there is an extensive bibliography.This is the first book to provide a complete German literary history up to the Unification of Germany in 1990. It is a history for our times: well-known authors and movements are set in a wider literary, cultural and political context, standard judgments are reexamined where appropriate, and a new prominence is given to writing by women. The book is designed for the general reader as well as the advanced student; titles and quotations are translated, and there is an extensive bibliography.List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Carolingian period and the early Middle Ages (7501100) Brian O. Murdoch; 2. The high and later Middle Ages (11001450) Nigel F. Palmer; 3. The early modern period (14501720) Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; 4. The German enlightenment (17201790) Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres; 5. Aesthetic humanism (17901830) Nicholas Saul; 6. Revolution, resignation, realism (18301890) Gail Finney; 7. From naturalisl£"