The Classical Centre: Goethe and Weimar, 1775-1832

by T J Reed

Originally published in 1980, this book examines the nature and significance of Classicism as a literary phenomenon and relates the beginnings of the German variety to the search for a national identity in the circumstances of a politically fragmented eighteenth century Germany. It surveys the pre-classical scene, traces the intellectual currents and the literary forms and material which Classicism was to synthesise, and presents its theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367856638
• ISBN13: 9780367856632
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"