Building a National Literature : : The Case of Germany, 1830 - 1870 / / Peter Uwe Hohendahl.

Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determi...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, N.Y. : : Cornell University Press,, [2016]
©1989
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: The Institution of Literature
  • 2. The Public Sphere
  • 3 . The Critique of the Liberal Public Sphere
  • 4. The Institutionalization of Literature and Criticism
  • 5. Literary Tradition and the Poetic Canon
  • 6. The Literary Canon of the Nachmärz
  • 7. The Institutionalization of Literary History
  • 8. Education, Schools, and Social Structure
  • 9. Culture for the People
  • 10. Epilogue: The Road to Industrial Culture
  • Index