Friedhelm Radandt

From Baroque to Storm and Stress 1720-1775

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1977, this volume traces the development of German literary forms, themes and of movements and schools, during the overtly philosophical age. It begins with the prominent poets of the 1720s and 1730s: Brockes, Hagedorn and Haller and charts the many attempts at formulating poetic theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780367856489
• ISBN-10: 0367856484
• Artikelnr.: 62607059

Autorenporträt

Friedhelm Radandt was Professor of German at Lake College, Illinois, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Philosophical Features of the Age of Enlightenment in Germany
1. The Determining Factors: A Diversity of Approaches 2. A New Reading
Public 3. The Philosophical Assumptions 4. The Historical Background Part
2: Rationalism and Classicism 1. New Approaches 2. New Norms: Gottsched
Part 3: Sentimentalism and the Spirit of Rococo 1. The Challenge from
Switzerland: Bodmer and Breitinger 2. The Challenge from Germany 3.
Diversity in Drama: Krüger and Weisse 4. Diversity in Poetry 5. The Use of
Satire: Liscow, Rabner and Zachariae Part 4. New Standards 1. Klopstock and
the Development of Lyric Poetry 2. Wieland and the Development of the Novel
3. Lessing and the Development of Drama Part 5: Sturm und Drang 1. A Change
in Direction 2. Young Goethe 3. Fascination with the Stage 4. Drawn to
Nature: The 'Göttinger Hain' 5. A Critical Look at the Period: Lichtenburg