The shepherd, the volk, and the middle class : transformations of pastoral in German-language writing, 1750-1850 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Griffiths, Elystan, 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2020.
Series:	Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subjects:	Pastoral literature, German > History and criticism. German literature > 18th century > History and criticism. German literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Middle class in literature. Country life in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Pastoral as a Way of Not Looking at the Country
Pastoral in the Enlightenment: Salomon Gessner's Idylls
"Wo giebts dann Schäfer wie diese?": Friedrich "Maler" Müller's Idylls of Cultural Renewal
Johann Heinrich Voss's Experiments with an Enlightened Idyll
Goethe and Schiller's Engagements with Pastoral: Facing the Postrevolutionary World
Heinrich von Kleist: The Promises and Illusions of Pastoral
Pastoral in the Age of Capital: Eduard Mörike and Johann Nestroy
Conclusion: From Middle-Class Critique to Critiquing the Middle Classes.