{"product_id":"the-merchant-in-german-literature-of-the-enlightenment-9781469656861","title":"The Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the \u003ci\u003eVerburgerlichung\u003c\/i\u003e (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and development of the class and examines its successive images in works by Haller, Schnabel, Borkenstein, Luise Gottsched, J. E. Schlegel, Gellert, and Lessing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the years 1729 and 1750, merchants were better able to lend financial support to the literary world than were civil servants and professionals. Although merchants were central in the cultural life of the German states, they were usually less educated than other members of their social stratum and therefore less disposed to literature. Tradition has cast the merchant class in a highly unflattering light as ethically indefensible. Van Cleve's in-depth analysis traces the evolution of attitudes toward merchants from negative, underdeveloped images to positive, heroic portrayals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John W. Van Cleve\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 #105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469656861","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45606504300681,"sku":"9781469656861","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0b306fc9-fda9-4c16-92c4-9ab982ab2b6d.jpg?v=1776752882","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-merchant-in-german-literature-of-the-enlightenment-9781469656861","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}