Title A history of histories of German literature : 1835-1914 / Michael S. Batts

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 From Gervinus to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century -- 2 From the Middle of the Nineteenth Century to Scherer (1883) -- 3 The End of the Nineteenth Century and the Beginning of the Twentieth Century -- 4 Titles, Periodization, and the Literary Canon -- 5 The Most Successful Histories of German Literature and Translations into Other Languages -- 6 Foreign Histories of German Literature: French -- 7 Foreign Histories of German Literature: English-language Areas (UK, USA) 8 Foreign Histories of German Literature: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland9 An Overview -- 10 Conclusion -- 11 Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z Summary Batts analyses the kinds of predisposition, or bias, displayed by the authors of these works, and accounts for the persistence of certain biases over a long period of time. Histories of German literature published in other western European countries, Britain, and North America are also evaluated to determine to what extent, if any, a particular (i.e., non-German) attitude towards German literature is characteristic of a given country. The recognition of personal, religious, national, and other biases is important since the stereotypical image of the people of a given country is strongly influenced by the manner in which their literature is portrayed. Batts concludes that the history of German literature as it developed in the nineteenth century has doubly distorted history. The selection of works for inclusion in the histories on subjective grounds of "quality" conceals the fact that other, "inferior," works may in their time have had a far greater impact. As well, the authors of the histories fail to discuss those works from the past that are still being read Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-287) and index Notes Print version record Subject German literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc German literature -- History and criticism Criticism -- Germany -- History Criticism -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. Criticism German literature Literatur Literatuurgeschiedenis (wetenschap) Duits. Wetenschappelijke publicaties. Littérature allemande -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc. Littérature allemande -- Histoire et critique. Critique -- Allemagne -- Histoire. Critique -- Histoire. Germany Deutsch. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773564442 0773564446 0773511407 9780773511408

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