Building a National Literature : The Case of Germany, 1830–1870 /

Building a National Literature : The Case of Germany, 1830–1870 /

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Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determi...

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Main Author: Hohendahl, Peter Uwe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Germany > History > 19th century.
Criticism > Germany > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Germany > History > 19th century.
Liberalism > Germany > History > 19th century.
Literature and society.
Liberalism.
German literature.
Criticism.
Books and reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Litterature allemande > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Critique > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Liberalisme > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Germany.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The institution of literature
  • 2. The public sphere
  • 3. The critique of the liberal public sphere
  • 4. The institutionalization of literature and criticism
  • 5. Literary tradition and the poetic canon
  • 6. The literary canon of the Nachmarz
  • 7. The institutionalization of literary history
  • 8. Education, schools, and social structure
  • 9. Culture for the people
  • 10. Epilogue: The road to industrial culture.

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