ISBN:
9781501705472
,
1501705474
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 361 Seiten)
Uniform Title:
Literarische Kultur im Zeitalter des Liberalismus
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hohendahl, Peter Uwe, 1936 - Building a national literature
Keywords:
German literature History and criticism 19th century
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Literature and society History 19th century
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Criticism History 19th century
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Books and reading History 19th century
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Liberalism History 19th century
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Liberalism Germany
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History, 19th century.
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Books and reading Germany
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History, 19th century.
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Criticism Germany
;
History, 19th century.
;
Literature and society Germany
;
History, 19th century.
;
German literature, 19th century History and criticism.
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Literature and society
;
German literature
;
Liberalism
;
Criticism
;
Books and reading
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Liberalism ; Germany ; History ; 19th century
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Books and reading ; Germany ; History ; 19th century
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Criticism ; Germany ; History ; 19th century
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Literature and society ; Germany ; History ; 19th century
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German literature ; 19th century ; History and criticism
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Deutschland
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Gesellschaft
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Literatur
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Literaturkritik
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Geschichte 1830-1870
Abstract:
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 determine the canonical status of writers and works. He examines important elements in the making of a national literature, including the political and literary public sphere, the theory and practice of literary criticism, and the emergence of academic criticism as literary history. Hohendahl considers such key aspects of the process in Germany as the rise of liberalism and nationalism, the delineation of the borders of German literature, the idea of its history, the understanding of its cultural function, and the notion of a canon of major and minor authors
Abstract:
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
Note:
Translated from the German
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