{"product_id":"the-impatient-muse-germany-and-the-sturm-und-drang-9781469656724","title":"The Impatient Muse: Germany and the Sturm Und Drang","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience -- as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their fragmented land, simulated a sense of power and effectiveness that political realities did not afford. This impatience drove not only authors and the characters they created; it also drew in German audiences and readers ready to partake vicariously in national sentiments that they otherwise could not have experienced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Leidner sees Lavater's work as a model for dealing with a limiting culture, Goethe's Werther as a subtly arrogant figure, the drama of the \u003ci\u003eKraftmensch\u003c\/i\u003e as a literature legitimizing the violence of its protagonists, the famous split in the \u003ci\u003eUrfaust\u003c\/i\u003e as the result of Goethe's resistance to the impatience that led many writers to fabricate a German nation that did not exist, and Schiller's \u003ci\u003eDie Räuber\u003c\/i\u003e as a liberating ritual that allowed German audiences to enjoy temporary feelings of national community. He concludes his study with an analysis of J. M. R. Lenz, whose texts recoil unequivocally in the face of the impatient muse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan C. Leidner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a #115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469656724","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46428586311817,"sku":"9781469656724","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_684cda2e-7cae-45e7-8669-58c299df45e5.jpg?v=1778013325","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-impatient-muse-germany-and-the-sturm-und-drang-9781469656724","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}