E. M. Butler

The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany

A Study of the Influence Exercised by Greek Art and Poetry Over the Great German Writers of the Eighteenth, Ninete

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1935 book studies the powerful influence exercised by Ancient Greek culture on German writers from the eighteenth century onwards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781107697645
• ISBN-10: 1107697646
• Artikelnr.: 34450066

Inhaltsangabe

Author's note
1. General survey
2. The discoverer: Winckelmann (1717-68)
3. The interpreters: Lessing (1729-81) and Herder (1744-1803)
4. The creator: Goethe (1749-1832)
5. The antagonist: Schiller (1759-1805)
6. The martyr: Höderlin (1770-1843)
7. The rebel: Heine (1797-1856)
8. The aftermath
Bibliography.