Unpopular Virtues: The Scholarly Reception of J.M.R. Lenz

by Karin A. Wurst, Alan C. Leidner, Professor Karin A. Wurst

An up-to-date assessment of the most important scholarly criticism on one of the enfants terribles of the German Sturm und Drang.

In this study of the criticism of the most idiosyncratic voice of the German Sturm und Drang, the authors investigate why critics have so often failed to come to terms with Lenz's refusal to encourage the middle class and cater to its tastes. While many of Lenz's first reviewers found his work to be liberating, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571130934
• ISBN13: 9781571130938
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 6.0"