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Cargando... German Literature: A Very Short Introduction (2008)por Nicholas Boyle
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Nicholas Boyle stellt in seiner ebenso brillanten wie knapp gefaßten Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Literatur die wichtigsten Autoren und Werke vom frühen Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart vor. Gleichzeitig zeigt er, wie die Literatur zu allen Zeiten auf politische und soziale, auf religiöse und philosophische Entwicklungen reagiert hat. So erzählt Boyle mit der Geschichte der Literatur auch die Geschichte der Gesellschaft, der die Autoren und die Leser entstammten. This introduction to German Literature is less than satisfying for two reasons: first, it defines German Literature as that produced within the present-day boundaries of Germany. For an English speaker looking for an elementary intro to German-language writing, this politically-motivated truncation is absurd. The book can only be read as an essay on North German national self-consciousness, not as a survey of the German literary world. Secondly, after selecting his subset of North German writers (carefully avoiding Kafka and all Austrian and Swiss authors by means of his up-to-date map), the author introduces their work and significance almost exclusively in the categories of social studies. German literature is apparently important because of what it tells us about the social status and economic goals of its producers and consumers. Why does Oxford repeatedly choose such skewed viewpoints for what they market as basic essays for beginners in various topics? Too many of the Short Introductions go off on political or critical tangents, at least in the area of literature. Taken on its own terms, the book is instructive, clear, and interesting. But with little knowledge of German literature, I am skeptical that I have gotten a full and accurate picture. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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This 'Very Short Introduction' presents a tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present focusing especially on the last 250 years. It emphasizes the economic and religious context of many masterpieces of German literature, and highlights their place in wider social and political events. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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