Title The shepherd, the volk, and the middle class : transformations of pastoral in German-language writing, 1750-1850 / Elystan Griffiths

Published Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) Series Studies in German literature linguistics and culture Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture. Contents Introduction: Pastoral as a Way of Not Looking at the Country -- Pastoral in the Enlightenment: Salomon Gessner's Idylls -- "Wo giebts dann Schäfer wie diese?": Friedrich "Maler" Müller's Idylls of Cultural Renewal -- Johann Heinrich Voss's Experiments with an Enlightened Idyll -- Goethe and Schiller's Engagements with Pastoral: Facing the Postrevolutionary World -- Heinrich von Kleist: The Promises and Illusions of Pastoral -- Pastoral in the Age of Capital: Eduard Mörike and Johann Nestroy -- Conclusion: From Middle-Class Critique to Critiquing the Middle Classes Summary "Analyzes the transformation of German-language pastoral from a portrayal of the idyllic lives of herdsmen into a vehicle for the concerns and aspirations of the middle class"-- Provided by publisher Analysis German authors German culture German-language writing creative middle class cultural transformation literary analysis literary themes literary transformation literature and society middle class pastoral literature pastoral transformation societal aspirations societal changes societal values Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index Notes Print version record Subject Pastoral literature, German -- History and criticism German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Middle class in literature. Country life in literature. Literary studies: from c 1900 -. Literary studies: poetry & poets. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. Country life in literature German literature Middle class in literature Pastoral literature, German Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781787446762 178744676X

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