Abstract

Preface 1. Classicism and neo-classicism, Germany and the European tradition 2. Classicisms in modern dress, Lessing and the beginnings of realism 3. The revolt of Prometheus, the 'Sturm und Drang' (i): Goethe and his circle 4. The revolt of Prometheus (ii): Schiller's prose plays 5. Thr triumph of humanity, Nathan der Weiss, Iphigenie auf Tauris, Don Carlos 6. Crisis and response, the beginnings of Weimar classicism 7. The high tide of Weimar classicism, Schiller and Goethe 1798-1805 8. Nordic phantoms, Goethe's Faust 9. A Prussian meteor, Heinrich von Kleist 10. Classicism in Vienna (i): Grillparzer 11. Classicism in Vienna (ii): Hebbel the end of the tradition Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.

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