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Title: Sanctuaries of Light in Nineteenth-Century European Literature

Sanctuaries of Light in Nineteenth-Century European Literature

by Hugo G. Walter (Author)
©2010 Monographs X, 258 Pages
German Studies
Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, Volume 102

Summary

This collection of insightful and provocative essays explores the theme of sanctuaries of light in nineteenth-century European literature, especially in selected works by William Wordsworth, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Joseph von Eichendorff, and Charlotte Brontë. These sanctuaries of light, natural beauty, and serenity comfort, nurture, and revitalize the heart, mind, and soul of the individual and inspire creative expression.
This book will be of interest to professors, teachers, and scholars in the fields of English literature, German literature, European literature, comparative literature, and cultural studies.

Details

Pages
X, 258
Year
2010
ISBN (PDF)
9781453900741
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433109133
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-0074-1
Language
English
Publication date
2011 (March)
Keywords
European Literature English Literature German Literature Criticism Cultural Studies
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2010. X, 258 pp.

Biographical notes

Hugo G. Walter (Author)

The Author: Hugo G. Walter has a B.A. from Princeton University, an M.A. from Old Dominion University, a Ph.D. in literature from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies from Drew University. Professor of English and Humanities at Berkeley College in New York, Walter has written widely on European literature, including The Apostrophic Moment in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century German Lyric Poetry (Lang, 1988) and Space and Time on the Magic Mountain: Studies in Nineteenth- and Early- Twentieth-Century European Literature (Lang, 1999). In addition, Walter has published ten volumes of original poetry.

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