The revolutionary spirit that animates the culture of the Germans
has been alive for at least twelve centuries, far longer than the
dramatically fragmented and reshaped political entity known as
Germany. German culture has been central to Europe, and it has
contributed the transforming spirit of Lutheran religion, the
technology of printing as a medium of democracy, the soulfulness of
Romantic philosophy, the structure of higher education, and the
tradition of liberal socialism to the essential character of modern
American life.
In this book leading scholars and critics capture the spirit of
this culture in some 200 original essays on events in German
literary history. Rather than offering a single continuous
narrative, the entries focus on a particular literary work, an
event in the life of an author, a historical moment, a piece of
music, a technological invention, even a theatrical or cinematic
premiere. Together they give the reader a surprisingly unified
sense of what it is that has allowed Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of
Bingen, Luther, Kant, Goethe, Beethoven, Benjamin, Wittgenstein,
Jelinek, and Sebald to provoke and enchant their readers. From the
earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and
desolation of 20th-century fiction, poetry, and film, this
illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full
range of German literary culture and to investigate for themselves
its disparate and unifying themes.
Contributors include: Amy M. Hollywood on medieval women
mystics, Jan-Dirk Muller on Gutenberg, Marion Aptroot on the
Yiddish Renaissance, Emery Snyder on the Baroque novel, J. B.
Schneewind on Natural Law, Maria Tatar on the Grimmbrothers, Arthur
Danto on Hegel, Reinhold Brinkmann on Schubert, Anthony Grafton on
Burckhardt, Stanley Corngold on Freud, Andreas Huyssen on Rilke,
Greil Marcus on Dada, Eric Rentschler on Nazi cinema, Elisabeth
Young-Bruehl on Hannah Arendt, Gordon A. Craig on Gunter Grass,
Edward Dimendberg on Holocaust memorials.
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