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Book SynopsisAnalysing works by Lessing, Goethe, and Karamzin, among others, Literature on Trial brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the links between genre as a discursive strategy and socio-political life.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION *Genre, Discourse, History *Criticism and the Genus Universum*Criteria in Focus: Forms and Transformations*Looking Ahead PART I. GERMAN CRITICISM *Coming-of-Age *Overcoming Dogma: Periodicals and Review Criticism *Toward a Critical 'Play Drive': Generic Vicissitudes *Textual Analyses* J. Ch. Gottsched* J. G. Hamann* G. E. Lessing* J. G. von Herder* G. A. B rger* J. W. von Goethe* F. Schlegel PART II. CRITICISM IN POLAND *A Discursive Inheritance *Profiling Polish Criticism *Textual Analyses* J. A. Jablonowski * A. K. Czartoryski * J. Szymanowski * F. N. Golanski * F. K. Dmochowski *Excursus PART III. CRITICISM IN RUSSIA *The Emperor's Tongue: Russian Literary Language*Criticism's "Generic Unconscious" *Parody and Polemics*Textual Analyses* M. V. Lomonosov* A. P. Sumarokov* V. K. Trediakovskii* N. M. Karamzin CONCLUSION Generic Migrants Time Travelers Looking Back NOTES WORKS CITED INDEX
