Affecting grace : theatre, subject, and the Shakespearean paradox in German literature from Lessing to Kleist /

"Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare's poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 -- including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality. Kenneth S. Calhoon examines this tension against an extensive b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calhoon, Kenneth Scott, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Colección:German and European studies.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Influence.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1700-1799
German literature > English influences.
German literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Littérature allemande > Influence anglaise.
Littérature allemande > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
German literature
German literature > English influences
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mercy and the spirit of commerce : Shylock's shadow in the age of disinterest
  • Judging Adam : Theatre and the fall into history
  • The virtue of things : Meissen porcelain and the classical object
  • Poison and the language of praise : From Hamlet to Miss Sara Sampson
  • Architectural fantasies : Bellotto in Dresden, Goethe in Strasbourg
  • Sovereign innocence : Shiller's "Walk" and the naive spectator
  • Caught in the act : the comedic miscarriage of Kleist's Broken Jug.

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