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Idylls & Realities

Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature
By:J. P. Stern
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367441166
eText ISBN:9781000762914
Edition:1
Copyright:1971
Format:Reflowable

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Originally published in 1971, this book outlines the period of Germany’s belated industrial revolution and suggests why German literature does not, before the 1880s, contribute to the tradition of European realism. It considers the alternatives to realism offered in three genres of drama, poetry and prose fiction. The book closely analyses specific texts, both in the original and in translation, with comparisons with non-German works.