Modern German Literature Minden Hardback Polity Press 9780745629193

Modern German LiteratureAuthor(s): Michael Minden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745629193, 978-0745629193\nSynopsis\nThis accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750 is a case study of literature as a cultural and spiritual resource in modern societies. \n Beginning with the emergence of German language literature on the international stage in the mid-eighteenth century, the book plays down conventional labels and periodisation of German literary history in favour of the explanatory force of international cultural impact. It explains, for instance, how specifically German and Austrian conditions shaped major contributions to European literary culture such as Romanticism and the language scepticism of the early twentieth century. \n From the First World War until reunification in 1990, Germanys defining experiences have been ones of catastrophe. The book provides a compelling overview of the dif.