Arminius or the Rise of a National Symbol in Literature, From Hutten to Grabbe
Author
Kuehnemund; Richard
Year
1953
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Type
BOOK
Category
Literary Criticism
Language
English
Pages
19
ISBN
978-1-46965-773-8
Link
Last Update
14-Oct-2024
Keywords
Language & Literature ; European Studies
Description
This volume provides an evaluation of the ideological significance of the Arminius trope in patriotic German literature. Beginning with the German Humanists and ranging through the works of Hutten, Lohenstein, J. E. Schlegel, Klopstock, Kleist, Grabbe and others. Kuehnemund tracks how Arminius has been deployed as a symbol of the German nation by major intellectual movements and at key points in German history leading up to the Second World War.
