Avail Yourself The German Tradition In Literature 1871-1945 Authored By Ronald Gray Shared As Paperback
know so little about Rilke, then finished with a rather interesting discussion of English views on German literature Coleridge, Carlyle, Shaw, Arnold, Ruskin, De Quincey, Eliot, James, Forster, D.
H. Lawrence.
For Dr Gray German literature sincehas been dominated by one intellectual trend: the tendency to think in polar opposites which are felt to be both diametrically opposed and yet capable of fusion, of synthesis.
In tracing this trend in literature, he is led to enquire how far the same preoccupations were linked with the German history of the time, In short, did the main literary tradition help to create an atmosphere in which the tyranny oftocould establish itself, In thistext, Dr Gray uses a combination of broad survey and detailed analysis, The opening chapters isolate and define the tradition, and in a wide sweep show its influence wherever it is to be found in modern German literature, relating it to contemporary events.
There are detailed studies of Thomas Mann and Rilke, Hofmannsthal's Der Schwierige and English resistance to German literature,
Contents: Introduction: The German tradition pt,. Writers and politics: Writers and politics:Writers and politics:Writers and politics:pt,. Thomas Mann: BuddenbrooksBuddenbrooksTonio Kröger Death in Venice The magic mountain Mario and the magician The 'Joseph' novels Dr Faustus pt,. Rilke: Rilke's poetry Rilke and mysticism Malte Laurids Brigge The Duino elegies The sonnets to Orpheus pt,. Reshaping the tradition: Hofmannsthal and Der Schwierige English resistance to German literature from Coleridge to D, H. Lawrence.