Gustav Freytag

Broschiertes Buch

Pictures Of German Life In The XVIIITH And XIXTH Centuries Second Series Vol. II

Beschreibung

Pictures of German life in the XVIIITH and XIXTH centuries Vol. II is a historical account examining German society during the 18th and 19th centuries. The work focuses on the evolution of social classes, especially the peasantry, and reflects on the broader changes in German character shaped by individual actions and collective culture. It highlights the tension between the pursuit of personal freedom and the restrictions imposed by the nobility and state authorities. The opening chapters explore the lives of peasants, tracing their shift from relatively free individuals with political influence to bonded laborers facing economic and social decline. This transition illustrates the profound transformations in social structure and autonomy within German society. The narrative promises a detailed analysis of these changes and prepares to address the conditions of the lower nobility and urban citizens in subsequent sections. Pictures of German life in the xviiith and xixth centuries vol i includes history social history cultural history sociology anthropology economics politics class studies rural studies.

Autor

Gustav Freytag was a German novelist and playwright. Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork), Silesia. He joined the student corps Borussia zu Breslau. In 1839, he settled in Breslau as Privatdozent of German language and literature, but he devoted his primary attention to theatrical composition, finding significant success with the comic play Die Brautfahrt, or Kunz von der Rosen (1844). This was followed by a collection of insignificant poetry, In Breslau (1845), and the tragedies Die Valentine (1846) and Graf Waldemar (1847). He finally rose to prominence with his farce The Journalists (1852), which was one of the best German comedies of the nineteenth century. In 1847, he relocated to Berlin and, with Julian Schmidt, took over as editor of Die Grenzboten, a weekly publication founded in 1841 that had since become the principal instrument of German and Austrian liberalism. Freytag helped to run it until 1861, then again from 1867 until 1870, when he briefly published a new magazine, Im neuen Reich. In 1863, he developed Freytag's Pyramid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9789371814874
• ISBN-10: 937181487X
• Artikelnr.: 75922612