A reassessment of Weimar classicism /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hoffmeister, Gerhart
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [1996]
Series:	Bristol German publications ; v. 6.
Subjects:	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832 > Homes and haunts > Germany > Weimar (Thuringia) Schiller, Friedrich, > 1759-1805 > Homes and haunts > Germany > Weimar (Thuringia) German literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Classicism > Germany > Weimar (Thuringia) Authors, German > 18th century > Biography. Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) > Intellectual life. German literature > History, 1750-1830

Table of Contents:

Goethe's classicism : the paradox of irrationality in Torquato Tasso / Frederick Burwick
Goethe's classical lyrics / Peter Skrine
Goethe as a theatre director / Marvin Carlson
Classical science? / Margaret Kirby
Fathering the canon : the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller / Kenneth D. Weisinger
Enlightenment and absolutism in Schiller's classical drama / David V. Pugh
Channeling of a literary revolution : Goethe, Schiller, and the genesis of German romanticism / Dennis F. Mahoney
Goethe in Weimar as a cultural icon in French and Spanish literary criticism / Gerhart Hoffmeister
Sarah Austin's assessment of Goethe's character and works and of Weimar / Christoph E. Schweitzer
Henry Crabb Robinson and Weimar / Diana I. Behler
Goethe's Weimar and the Slavic realm : the Ukrainian dimension / Albert A. Kipa
Weimar classicism and the political aftermath / Wolfgang Wittkowski.