The German Sturm Und Drang
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The Sturm und Drang — that fierce, passionate revolt of the German literary imagination — tore through the late eighteenth century like a thunderstorm, and Roy Pascal's authoritative study remains the definitive English-language account of this electrifying cultural upheaval. Pascal chronicles the movement's key figures — Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Lenz — presenting their radical break from Enlightenment rationalism as a declaration of emotional, creative, and national identity. With precision and scholarly depth, the work details the literary output of the era: the dramas, lyric poetry, and prose that announced the arrival of a new German literary consciousness, one fuelled by nature, feeling, and the genius of the individual. Pascal's analysis illuminates the ideological fault lines of the period, arguing that Sturm und Drang was not merely a youthful rebellion but a foundational moment in the development of Western Romanticism. As Professor of German at the University of Birmingham, Pascal brings both philological rigour and critical sensitivity to a movement too often reduced to adolescent excess — revealing instead a profound reckoning with freedom, mortality, and the limits of reason. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of modern European literature and thought, this study poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what happens when a generation decides that feeling is the highest form of truth?
Author: Roy Pascal
Format: Hardback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Sturm und Drang — that fierce, passionate revolt of the German literary imagination — tore through the late eighteenth century like a thunderstorm, and Roy Pascal's authoritative study remains the definitive English-language account of this electrifying cultural upheaval. Pascal chronicles the movement's key figures — Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Lenz — presenting their radical break from Enlightenment rationalism as a declaration of emotional, creative, and national identity. With precision and scholarly depth, the work details the literary output of the era: the dramas, lyric poetry, and prose that announced the arrival of a new German literary consciousness, one fuelled by nature, feeling, and the genius of the individual. Pascal's analysis illuminates the ideological fault lines of the period, arguing that Sturm und Drang was not merely a youthful rebellion but a foundational moment in the development of Western Romanticism. As Professor of German at the University of Birmingham, Pascal brings both philological rigour and critical sensitivity to a movement too often reduced to adolescent excess — revealing instead a profound reckoning with freedom, mortality, and the limits of reason. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of modern European literature and thought, this study poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what happens when a generation decides that feeling is the highest form of truth?