German Classical Drama: Theatre, Humanity and Nation 1750 1870

By Frederick Lamport and F.J. Lamport

Book Overview

This historical and critical survey of German drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries provides an introduction to major authors and works from Lessing, through Goethe, Schiller and Weimar Classicism, to Kleist, Grillparzer and Hebbel. F.J. Lamport traces the rise and development in the German-speaking world of the last form of classical poetic drama to appear in European literature. This development is seen as reflecting the intellectual and political ferment both within Germany and throughout Europe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521428289
• ISBN13: 9780521428286
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"