DLB 94: German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism

by James N. Hardin (Editor)

The phrase Sturm und Drang - used throughout this DLB volume in the original German rather than in its English form, Storm and Stress-comes from the title of a 1776 play by F.M. Klinger. It is used to express two major aspects of many of the works discussed in the emotionalism and stress on action. The outbursts of feeling so conspicuous in the works of the period are now seen as a long-suppressed reaction to the dry rationalism and rococo tastes of the preceding decades. 34 entries Gottfried August Burger, Georg Foster, Johann Wolfgang von Geothe, Immanuel Kant, August von Kotzebue, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Karl Phillipp Moritz, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Zacharias Werner, Heinrich Zschokke.

413 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1990