{"product_id":"german-classical-drama-theatre-humanity-and-nation-1750-1870-paperback-9780521428286","title":"German Classical Drama; Theatre, Humanity and Nation 1750–1870 (Paperback) 9780521428286","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGerman Classical Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheatre, Humanity and Nation 1750–1870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis historical and critical survey of the great tradition of German drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, provides an introduction to the major authors and works from Lessing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. J. Lamport (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521428286, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 March 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 13.9 x 1.6 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A comprehensive and lucidly-written guide … With its careful mix of historical survey and analyses of individual works, this is a most valuable introduction for the student of the period covered, and should also be required reading for those who prefer to study more modern dramatic literature.' Forum for Modern Language Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis historical and critical survey of the great tradition of German drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, provides an introduction to the major authors and works from Lessing, through Goethe, Schiller, and Weimar classicism, to Kleist, Grillparzer, and Hebbel. The development of German classical drama is seen as reflecting the intellectual and political ferment of its age: the great flowering of German philosophical thought, the rising aspirations of Germans to national unity, and the waves of revolution and counter-revolution which mark the European history of the period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Classicism and neo-classicism, Germany and the European tradition\u003cbr\u003e 2. Classicisms in modern dress, Lessing and the beginnings of realism\u003cbr\u003e 3. The revolt of Prometheus, the 'Sturm und Drang' (i): Goethe and his circle\u003cbr\u003e 4. The revolt of Prometheus (ii): Schiller's prose plays\u003cbr\u003e 5. Thr triumph of humanity, Nathan der Weiss, Iphigenie auf Tauris, Don Carlos\u003cbr\u003e 6. Crisis and response, the beginnings of Weimar classicism\u003cbr\u003e 7. The high tide of Weimar classicism, Schiller and Goethe 1798–1805\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nordic phantoms, Goethe's Faust\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Prussian meteor, Heinrich von Kleist\u003cbr\u003e 10. Classicism in Vienna (i): Grillparzer\u003cbr\u003e 11. Classicism in Vienna (ii): Hebbel\u003cbr\u003e the end of the tradition\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003290210584,"sku":"9780521428286","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521428286i_387c77e5-c8b4-4a91-a8b0-b8f59a6656c5.jpg?v=1691381682","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/german-classical-drama-theatre-humanity-and-nation-1750-1870-paperback-9780521428286","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}