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Who needs "a new history of German literature"?(Book Review)
Who needs A New History of German Literature? (1) What is wrong with the old ones? Quite a lot, actually. The most famous, Wilhelm Scherer's Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur, was inspired by the noble conviction that "poetry is a holy vocation of our nation." But it begins with an evocation of the Urvolk der Arier, the prehistoric Arian race, and such a perspective--though innocent enough in the nineteenth century--is hopelessly compromised today. The same objection applies, only more so, to Josef Nadler's gargantuan work with the same title, written in the 1930s and expurgated in the 1950s, which saw the history of German literature through the prism of the regional ...
- A New History of German Literature.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Harvard Review Pickford, Henry June 1, 2005 700+ words
A New History of German Literature, edited by David Wellbery...conventional categories. The New History of German Literature, which follows on the earlier Harvard volume, A New History of French Literature, edited...
- A New History of German Literature.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Paulin, Roger July 1, 2006 700+ words
A New History of German Literature. Ed. by David E. Wellbery, Judith Ryan, Hans Ulrich...ISBN 0-674-01503-7. This is most certainly a 'new' history of German literature. Forget Gervinus or Robertsonor De Boor/Newald, or...
- Fairfield's new history center taking shape.
- Newspaper article from: Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT) April 8, 2007 700+ words
...Volunteers of Greater Hartford and languages at Brown University, Roberts said. She holds a master of arts degree in German literature from Katholische Universitat Eichstatt in Germany, a master of science degree in library and information science from...
- German Literature of the Eighteenth Century: The Enlightenment and...
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Kohl, Katrin April 1, 2008 700+ words
German Literature of the Eighteenth Century: The...Cantarino. (Camden House History of German Literature, 5)Rochester, NY: Camden...splendid Camden House History of German Literature faced a challenge in having to...
- German Literature of the High Middle Ages.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Volfing, Annette January 1, 2008 700+ words
German Literature of the High Middle Ages. Ed. by WILL HASTY. (Camden House History of German Literature, 3) Rochester, NY. Camden House...This volume, covering Middle High German literature in the period 1170-1270, is the...
- Stephen D. Dowden and Meike G. Werner, editors German Literature, Jewish...
- Magazine article from: The Germanic Review Remmler, Karen March 22, 2004 700+ words
...Dowden and Meike G. Werner, editors German Literature, Jewish Critics: The Brandeis Symposium...shaping the teaching and study of German literature and culture. This is not new information...scholars would invigorate the study of German literature, but this phenomenon is apparent...
- German Literature of the Early Middle Ages.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Medium Aevum September 22, 2005 700+ words
German Literature of the Early Middle Ages, ed. Brian Murdoch, Camden House History of German Literature 2 (Rochester, NY: Camden House...volume of a ten-volume history of German literature, of which vols 1-3 are devoted...
- German Literature of the Nineteenth Century, 1832-1899.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Krobb, Florian October 1, 2006 700+ words
German Literature of the Nineteenth Century, 1832...DOWNING. (Camden House History of German Literature, 9) Rochester, NY: Camden...of the Camden House History of German Literature appears quite unorthodox. While...