The Classical Centre

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.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Theatre and Nation 3. Drama and Society 4. Poetry and Nature 5. Landscape with Writers 6. Classics: (1) The Novel 7. Classics: (2) Drama 8. Classics: (3) Poetry 9. Realities Ancient and Modern: (1) Revolution 10. Divergences 11. Realities Ancient and Modern: (2) Mythology 12. Isolation 13. Epilogue