The Cambridge Companion to German Romanticism

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to German Romanticism
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Nicholas Saul
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:362
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 158
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521848916
ClassificationsDewey:830.9006
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 2 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 July 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries saw an extraordinary flowering of arts and culture in Germany which produced many of the world's finest writers, artists, philosophers and composers. This volume, first published in 2004, offers students and specialists an authoritative introduction to that dazzling cultural phenomenon, now known collectively as German Romanticism. Individual chapters not only introduce the reader to individual writers such as Friedrich Schlegel, Novalis, Eichendorff, Heine, Hoffmann, Kleist, Schiller and Tieck, but also treat key concepts of Romantic music, painting, philosophy, gender and cultural anthropology, science and criticism in concise and lucid language. All German quotations are translated to make this volume fully accessible to a wide audience interested in how Romanticism evolved across Europe. Brief biographies and bibliographies are supplemented by a list of primary and secondary further reading in both English and German.

Author Biography

Nicholas Saul is Professor of German at the University of Durham.