German Poetry: 1800 to Reunification (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Introduction
The French critic Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893) once wrote that between 1780 and 1830, Germany brought forth all the ideas of his age. Although somewhat hyperbolic, Taine’s pronouncement should not be taken lightly. These fifty years span the period of Romanticism in German literature, art, and philosophy, and its many innovations in poetry left their mark in a pervasive, if occasionally discontinuous, tradition.
Romanticism
German Romanticism can be said to have an early and...
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