Originally published in 1939 and revised in 1959, this book traces back to their origins the literary movements and phases of German literature of 1880 to 1950 as they occur and shows how and why they pass over into succeeding phases. It closely analyses Naturalism, Impressionism, Neo-romanticism and Expressionism as well as dealing exhaustively with Surrealism, Magic Realism and Existentialism. The book includes discussion of post-war Anglo-American and French literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Orginal Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- I: Naturalism
- II: The Dramatists of Naturalism
- III: Humorists, Satirists, Satanists and Visionaries
- IV: The Novel of Naturalism and Decadence
- V: From Bahr to Dehmel
- VI: Stefan George and His Circle
- VII: Rilke
- VIII: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
- IX: The Neo-Romantic and Austrian Dramatists
- X: Cosmic Impressionists and Epic Infinities
- XI: Neo-Classicism
- XII: The Novel of Impressionism
- XIII: The Women Writers
- XIV: The Regional Novel
- XV: The Novel of Expressionism
- XVI: Exotic Literature and the Colonial Novel
- XVII: The Historical Novel
- XVIII: The Drama of Expressionism
- XIX: Phases of Lyric Poetry
- XX: The Literature of Race and Soil
- XXI: Philosophers and Sophists
- XXII: Existentialism and Surrealism, Political and Religious Phases
- XXIII: Post-War Austrian Writers
- XXIV: The New Verse
- Bibliography
- Index
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