The shepherd, the volk, and the middle class transformations of pastoral in German-language writing, 1750-1850

Analyzes the transformation of German-language pastoral from a portrayal of the idyllic lives of herdsmen into a vehicle for the concerns and aspirations of the middle class.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Griffiths, Elystan, 1974- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : Camden House 2020.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Studies in German literature linguistics and culture.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Pastoral as a Way of Not Looking at the Country
  • Pastoral in the Enlightenment: Salomon Gessner's Idylls
  • "Wo giebts dann Schäfer wie diese?": Friedrich "Maler" Müller's Idylls of Cultural Renewal
  • Johann Heinrich Voss's Experiments with an Enlightened Idyll
  • Goethe and Schiller's Engagements with Pastoral: Facing the Postrevolutionary World
  • Heinrich von Kleist: The Promises and Illusions of Pastoral
  • Pastoral in the Age of Capital: Eduard Mörike and Johann Nestroy
  • Conclusion: From Middle-Class Critique to Critiquing the Middle Classes.