The politics of the unpolitical : German writers and the problem of power, 1770-1871

Author(s)

• Craig, Gordon Alexander

Bibliographic Information

The politics of the unpolitical : German writers and the problem of power, 1770-1871

Gordon A. Craig

Oxford University Press, 1995

• : hard

Other Title

Die Politik der Unpolitischen : Deutsche Schriftsteller und die Macht 1770-1871

Uniform Title

Politik der Unpolitischen

Note

Originally published: München : C.H. Beck, 1993

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Craig deals with a question that has always been a point of controversy: do political writers have responsibility and are they obliged to show political engagement in their works? Craig answers this question by studying ten German writers from 1770-1871, among them Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, and Heine and finds that these `unpolitical' writers were actively engaged in their politics.

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Details

• NCID: BA27439654
• ISBN:
  • 0195094999
• LCCN: 94033179
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 190 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PT289
  • DC20 : 830.9/358
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Authors German -- 18th century -- Political and social views
  • LCSH : Authors, German -- 19th century -- Political and social views
  • LCSH : Politics in literature