{"product_id":"culturalhistoryofgermanliterature-9780745629209","title":"culturalhistoryofgermanliterature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Provides an accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750.     * Achieves a balance between textual analysis and cultural theory that gives the book value as both a key introductory text and a cutting edge original study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich and rewarding book\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Langauge Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A valuable contribution to cultural studies. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Minden's study is intellectually exciting, full of intriguing insights, opinionated and argumentative in the best sense. The book is eloquently written and challenging and will be a major contribution to German Studies and to Cultural Studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Boa, University of Nottingham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Michael Minden's cultural history of modern German literature provides a rich context for astute and stimulating re-readings of canonical works. In scrutinizing German literature as a variety of social and artistic practices, he offers refreshing perspectives on the interaction between writers, texts and readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatrin Kohl, Jesus College, Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This synthetic account of 250 years of Europe's central literary culture is a history of modernity which shows how literature assimilated, anticipated, and countered the effects of rapid social change. Minden's readings of the most influential examples of high and low German literary writing are uncompromisingly intelligent, memorably sententious, and nearly always invite contestation. Modern German Literature is the distillation of a lifetime's reading and teaching; it is a rare feat by a unique scholar and fluent writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Preece, Swansea University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Cultural History of Literature \u003cbr\u003eChapter one: A European German Literature \u003cbr\u003eChapter two: Poetry and Politics \u003cbr\u003eChapter three: Imperial Modernity \u003cbr\u003eChapter four: The Literature of Negation \u003cbr\u003eChapter five: The Fate of Affirmative Literature \u003cbr\u003eChapter six: Literature in Democratic Capitalism","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404360950103,"sku":"9780745629209","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culturalhistoryofgermanliterature-9780745629209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}