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The Impatient Muse: Germany.....by Leidner Alan *Signed*
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed By
- Alan C. Leidner
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- ISBN
- 9780807881156
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807881155
ISBN-13
9780807881156
eBay Product ID (ePID)
953344
Product Key Features
Book Title
Impatient Muse : Germany and the Sturm Und Drang
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / German, Gothic & Romance
Publication Year
1994
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Book Series
University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
93-036492
Reviews
"Leidner offers valuable insights into the role of Sturm-und-Drang literature in the creation of a German national identity; in doing so, he exposes the roots of a process of cultural formation that was to continue for at least the next hundred years, and is arguably still at work today."-- The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, "In many ways this is a remarkable book. . . . The main thesis which Leidner so eloquently sets forth in this small volume is quite convincing and does indeed present a new way of looking at Sturm und Drang ."-- German Studies Review, Leidner offers valuable insights into the role of Sturm-und-Drang literature in the creation of a German national identity; in doing so, he exposes the roots of a process of cultural formation that was to continue for at least the next hundred years, and is arguably still at work today.-- The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, In many ways this is a remarkable book. . . . The main thesis which Leidner so eloquently sets forth in this small volume is quite convincing and does indeed present a new way of looking at Sturm und Drang .-- German Studies Review
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
115
Dewey Decimal
830.9/006
Synopsis
Far from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience -- as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their fragmented land, simulated a sense of power and effectiveness that political realities did not afford. This impatience drove not only authors and the characters they created; it also drew in German audiences and readers ready to partake vicariously in national sentiments that they otherwise could not have experienced.Alan Leidner sees Lavater's work as a model for dealing with a limiting culture, Goethe's Werther as a subtly arrogant figure, the drama of the Kraftmensch as a literature legitimizing the violence of its protagonists, the famous split in the Urfaust as the result of Goethe's resistance to the impatience that led many writers to fabricate a German nation that did not exist, and Schiller's Die Räuber as a liberating ritual that allowed German audiences to enjoy temporary feelings of national community. He concludes his study with an analysis of J. M. R. Lenz, whose texts recoil unequivocally in the face of the impatient muse., Far from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience -- as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their fragmented land, simulated a sense of power and effectiveness that political realities did not afford. This impatience drove not only authors and the characters they created; it also drew in German audiences and readers ready to partake vicariously in national sentiments that they otherwise could not have experienced. Alan Leidner sees Lavater's work as a model for dealing with a limiting culture, Goethe's Werther as a subtly arrogant figure, the drama of the Kraftmensch as a literature legitimizing the violence of its protagonists, the famous split in the Urfaust as the result of Goethe's resistance to the impatience that led many writers to fabricate a German nation that did not exist, and Schiller's Die Räuber as a liberating ritual that allowed German audiences to enjoy temporary feelings of national community. He concludes his study with an analysis of J. M. R. Lenz, whose texts recoil unequivocally in the face of the impatient muse., Far from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience--as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their fragmented land, simulated a sense of power and effectiveness that political realities did not afford. This impatience drove not only authors and the characters they created; it also drew in German audiences and readers ready to partake vicariously in national sentiments that they otherwise could not have experienced. Alan Leidner sees Lavater's work as a model for dealing with a limiting culture, Goethe's Werther as a subtly arrogant figure, the drama of the Kraftmensch as a literature legitimizing the violence of its protagonists, the famous split in the Urfaust as the result of Goethe's resistance to the impatience that led many writers to fabricate a German nation that did not exist, and Schiller's Die Rauber as a liberating ritual that allowed German audiences to enjoy temporary feelings of national community. He concludes his study with an analysis of J. M. R. Lenz, whose texts recoil unequivocally in the face of the impatient muse.
LC Classification Number
PT317.L45 1994
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