From Baroque to Storm and Stress 1720-1775 - Paperback

by Friedhelm Radandt (Author)

Originally published in 1977, this volume traces the development of German literary forms, themes and of movements and schools, during the overtly philosophical age. It begins with the prominent poets of the 1720s and 1730s: Brockes, Hagedorn and Haller and charts the many attempts at formulating poetic theory.