The bourgeois and the official : a historical overview --;The laying of the foundations (to 1781) --;The age of idealism (1781-1832) --;The age of materialism (1832-1914) --;Traumas and memories (1914- ).
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German writers, be it Goethe, Nietzsche, Marx, Brecht or Mann, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the particular character and power of German literature, and examines its impact on the wider cultural world.