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Author:

Griffiths, Elystan, 1974- author.

Title:

The shepherd, the volk, and the middle class : transformations of pastoral in German-language writing, 1750-1850 / Elystan Griffiths.

Publisher:

Camden House,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiv, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Pastoral literature, German--History and criticism.
German literature--18th century--History and criticism.
German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Middle class in literature.
Country life in literature.
Country life in literature.
German literature.
Middle class in literature.
Pastoral literature, German.
1700-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Pastoral as a Way of Not Looking at the Country -- Pastoral in the Enlightenment: Salomon Gessner's Idylls -- "Wo giebts dann Scha˜fer wie diese?": Friedrich "Maler" Mu˜ller'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 Mo˜rike and Johann Nestroy -- Conclusion: From Middle-Class Critique to Critiquing the Middle Classes.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Studies in German literature linguistics and culture

ISBN:

1640140646
9781640140646

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1137737778

LCCN:

2020001933

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)