" ... partly based on the author's ... Geschichte der deutschen Literatur auf kulturgeschichtlicher Grundlage (New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1936)."--P. [vii].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index.
Contents
The threefold origin of German culture -- The symbolic style of the Middle Ages -- The parodistic and hyperbolic style of the waning Middle Ages -- The parabolic and didactic style of the reformation period -- The tense style of the Baroque period -- The witty style of the enlightenment -- The style of personal experience in the age of Goethe -- The style of personal experience in the nineteenth century -- The dissociative and surrealistic style of the twentieth century.
