From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture - cover image

Copyright

Roger Paulin

Published On

2021-08-24

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80064-212-6
Hardback978-1-80064-213-3
PDF978-1-80064-214-0
HTML978-1-80064-651-3
XML978-1-80064-217-1
EPUB978-1-80064-215-7
MOBI978-1-80064-216-4

Language

  • English

Print Length

422 pages (x+412)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 29 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.15" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 33 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.31" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback1757g (61.98oz)
Hardback2159g (76.16oz)

Media

Illustrations27

OCLC Number

1266225733

LCCN

2019458252

BIC

  • D
  • JFCX
  • FC
  • 3J
  • 1DFG
  • 2ACG

BISAC

  • LIT004170
  • LIT004130
  • LIT024030
  • FIC102000

LCC

  • PR2971.G3
  • P39

Keywords

  • German Literature
  • German Culture
  • Goethe
  • Schiller
  • Schlegels
  • Gundolf

From Goethe to Gundolf

Essays on German Literature and Culture

From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture is a collection of Roger Paulin’s groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible.

As a comprehensive examination of German literary history in the period 1700-1900, the collection not only includes accounts of the lives and work of Goethe, Schiller, the Schlegels, and Gundolf (amongst others), serving to nuance our understanding of these figures in history, but also considers diverse (and often underexplored) topics, from academic freedom to the rise of travel literature.

The essays have been reformulated, corrected, and updated to add references to recent works. However, the core foundations of the originals remain, and just as when they were first published, the value of these essays – to researchers, students, and all those who are interested in German literary history – cannot be overstated.

Reviews

This is literary criticism and historical insight in the very best tradition: readable, accessible, transparently intelligent, connected, and enlightening. By joining the earlier literary historian Friedrich Gundolf with Goethe in the title, Paulin brings together two centuries of 'Geistesgeschichte', intellectual history at its finest. Bibliography and index are excellent; knowledge of German will be most helpful.

S. Gittleman

CHOICE Connect, vol. 59, no. 9, 2022.

Contents

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Contributors

Roger Paulin

(author)
Schröder Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge