Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part I (eBook)

Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche (Herausgeber)

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2024
760 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520409903 (ISBN)

Infos

In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature and Culture brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. ​In the essays in part 1, Carlyle ranges broadly over German literature, much of it new to English-speaking audiences, and comments on three writers—Goethe, Richter, and Novalis—who profoundly influenced him.
 
In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Inhalt

Contents

List of Illustrations 
Preface 
Chronology of Carlyle’s Life 
Introduction 
Note on the Text

Essays on German Literature
Goethe’s Faust. 
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. 
State of German Literature. 
Life and Writings of Werner. 
Goethe’s Helena. 
Goethe. 
The Life of Heyne. 
German Playwrights. 
Novalis. 

Notes 
Works Cited 
Textual Apparatus 
Emendations of the Copy-Text 
Discussion of Editorial Decisions 
Line-End Hyphens in the Copy-Text 
Line-End Hyphens in the Present Text 
Historical Collation 

Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.11.2024
• Reihe/Serie: The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 19th century • British reviewer • German culture for English audience • Goethe • Jean Paul Friedrich Richter • literary works • Philosophy • Religious Belief • sartor resartus • Schiller • Thomas Carlyle complete essays on German literature • Translation • Unbelief • Werner
• ISBN-13: 9780520409903 / 9780520409903