Lessing and the «Sturm und Drang»
A Reappraisal Revisited
©2002
Thesis
XIV,
282 Pages
Series:
Europäische Aufklärung in Literatur und Sprache, Volume 14
Summary
Despite the benevolent intellectual climate of the 1960s in Germany which had witnessed a reappraisal of earlier attitudes towards the eighteenth century in general, and towards the Aufklärung in particular, relatively little has since been done to pursue this stimulus to its logical conclusion – or to a discussion of possible conclusions. By looking beyond artificial literary classifications at the historical data and by accumulating detailed empirical evidence this study seeks to reappraise this situation, firstly by establishing a case which overcomes the traditional antithesis of Aufklärung and Sturm und Drang, and secondly by presenting a clear picture of the degree and nature of Lessing’s influence on German dramatists from Herder to Schiller.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 282
- Publication Year
- 2002
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631387849
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- literatur klassik sturm und drang
- Published
- Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2002. XIV, 282 pp., num. fig.
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