The Literature of Weimar Classicism

by Simon J. Richter

In Germany, Weimar Classicism (roughly the period from Goethe's return to Germany from Italy in 1788 to the death of his friend and collaborator Schiller in 1805) is widely regarded as an apogee of literary art. But outside of Germany, Goethe is considered a Romantic, and the notion of Weimar Classicism as a distinct period is viewed with skepticism. This volume of new essays regards the question of literary period as a red herring: Weimar Classicism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157113249X
• ISBN13: 9781571132499
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"