Building a national literature the case of Germany, 1830-1870
Building a National Literature boldly takes issue with traditional literary criticism for its failure to explain how literature as a body is created and shaped by institutional forces. Peter Uwe Hohendahl approaches literary history by focusing on the material and ideological structures that determi...
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
1989, 1989
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The institution of literature
- 2. The public sphere
- 3. The critique of the liberal public sphere
- 4. The institutionalization of literature and criticism
- 5. Literary tradition and the poetic canon
- 6. The literary canon of the Nachmarz
- 7. The institutionalization of literary history
- 8. Education, schools, and social structure
- 9. Culture for the people
- 10. Epilogue: The road to industrial culture
- Includes bibliographical references