Müller, H. 150–1
22, 24, 26, 37–40, 44, 48,
Munich 104–7, 112, 114, 116,
51, 55, 58–9, 63–4, 66–7,
141
73–4, 76, 80, 85, 93–6,
168
101, 104–5, 112, 114–16, 107–9, 114–16, 122, 151,
118, 122, 124, 128, 131–6,
157
142–3
Prussian Academy 136
opera 7, 40, 97–100, 117, 127–9
psychology 19, 130, 142
Opitz, M. 34–5, 39
publishing 8–9, 36, 39–41, 62–3,
‘Ostalgie’ 26
67, 81, 94, 96, 136
‘other Germany’ 23, 24
R
P
Rabelais, F. 30
Paraguay 81
Racine, J. 40
Paris 84–5, 88, 92, 97, 105, 107
radio 25, 134, 136
Philology 9, 65, 75
railways 14, 133, 158
Philosophy 9, 11, 19, 25, 34, 37–9,
Rathenau, W. 130
44, 58–61, 64–6, 70, 73,
realism 10, 30, 36, 44, 46–7,
74, 81–5, 92–3, 96–8,
50–3, 67, 85, 104, 107–15,
101–2, 105, 113–15, 124,
123, 139
130, 132, 139, 156
Reformation 5–6, 23, 33, see also
Pietism 34, 36, 42, 44, 50
Luther
Pindar 70
Reichstag 16, 32, 134
poetry 1, 25, 35, 39–42, 49–50,
Reinhart, M. 116
Index
53, 61–2, 66–7, 71, 78,
Remarque, E. 139
83–5, 88–92, 94, 96,
ressentiment 101
104–7, 110, 114–15, 117–19,
Restoration 78, 84
123, 125–9, 136–7, 141,
‘re-unifi cation’ 157
144–9, 153, 157
Revolution of 1848 13–15, 80, 85,
Poland 2, 5, 20, 34, 48, 115, 153
92–3, 97–8, 112–13
population 7, 14, 27, 73, 88, 122–3
Revolution of 1918 20, 122–3, 149
Pound, E. 65
Reynard the Fox 29
Prague 7, 155
Richardson, S. 40, 45, 52
princes 6–7, 11–12, 27, 32, 34–5,
Richter, J.P.F. 67, 73
39, 42, 46–7, 50, 52, 54–5,
Riemenschneider, T. 29,
57, 61–2, 97, 110, 112, 124,
Illustration 3
140, 143
Romanticism 15, 66, 73–6, 78,
printing 6, 30, 33, 36, 41, 63,
83–5, 91, 97, 116, 131,
78, 105
Illustration 9
proletarianization 21, 24, 126,
Rome 6, 32, 42, 62
132
Russia 5, 21, 24, 97, 120, 139,
protectionism 17–18, 22, 116, 135
143–4, 157
Protestantism 9–10, 34, 45, 74,
124, see also Lutheranism, Reformation
S
Proudhon, P.J. 97
Prussia 5, 9, 12–15, 18, 21, 23–4,
Sachs, H. 28, 49, 98
46, 72–6, 78, 94, 105,
Saxe-Weimar 45, 54, 68, 76
169
Schelling, F.W.J. 66–7, 70–2
‘state socialism’ 18, 20–1, 26
Schiller, F. 55–7, 60–6, 68–70, 72,
Sterne, L. 44, 47, 67
76, 86, 90, 96–7, 102–4,
Storm and Stress (Sturm und
112, 149
Drang) 49, 54, 57, 64, 75,
Schinkel, C.F. Illustration 7
85, 107, 129
Schlaf, J. 109–10
Storm, T. 105
Schlegel, A.W. 66, 76
Strasbourg 35, 48–50
Schlegel, F. 66, 73, 76
Strauss, D.F. 81–2, 88, 96–7,
Schmidt, A. 154
100–1
Schmitt, C. 132
Strauss, L. 132
Schopenhauer, A. 81–3, 93,
Stuttgart 55, 63, 81, 88
98–101, 113, 131
swastika 105, 125
Scotland 37–8
Switzerland 2, 4, 8, 41, 54, 97,
Scott, W. 50
133, 144
Sebald, W.G. 157–8
Second Empire (Reich) 5, 14,
T
16–19, 21–3, 93, 102, 105,
107, 112, 114, 118, 131, 141,
theatre 11, 33, 38, 40–1, 46, 60,
149, 153, Illustrations 1, 2
63–4, 68, 92, 97, 110–11,
Secularization 11, 48, 60, 66
116, 123–4, 129, 136, 140,
Sentimentalism
147, 149–51
ature
(Empfi ndsamkeit) 44–5,
theology 8–11, 25, 28, 30, 34, 36,
er
50–2, 54, 67–8
41–2, 45–6, 48, 54, 60–1,
Seven Weeks War (1866) 13, 96
65, 70, 73, 82, 92–3, 101,
Seven Years War 9, 45
110
German Lit
Shakespeare, W. 44–5, 48–50,
Third Empire (Reich) 5, 22,
66, 68
134–6, 142–3, 150, 153,
Silesia 34–5, 46, 74, 94, 105,
155, 157
110–11, 136
Thirty Years War 7, 34–5, 138–9,
social security 18, 25
143, 153
socialism 17, 21, 97, 101, 122,
Tieck, J.L. 73, 104
126, 133, 139, 143, 150–2,
Toller, E. 123, 136
155–6
towns 6–8, 27–35, 49, 55, 57, 88,
Socialist Unity Party 24
112, 137, 151, 157
sonnet 35
tragedy 35, 40, 45–7, 53–4,
Sophocles 70
60–62, 65, 68–70, 72,
Spengler, O. 122, 126, 136
82, 86–8, 97, 101, 128,
Spitzweg, C. Illustration 9
138
St Petersburg 107
Triple Entente 120
state 6–11, 14–15, 17–18, 20–1, 26,
Tübingen 65, 82, 88, 93
32–3, 36, 38–9, 41, 46, 59,
turn (Wende) 157–8
64, 67, 72–6, 81, 92, 94,
Twilight of Humanity
97–8, 112, 114–16, 122–3,
( Menschheitsdämmerung)
125, 128, 136, 149
123, 126
170
U
Wende see turn
Werner, Z. 76
university 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22,
Westphalia, Peace of 34
24–5, 30, 36, 38–41, 44,
White Mountain, battle 34
48, 51–2, 55, 57–9, 61, 63,
Wieland, C.M. 43–5, 50, 54, 63,
65, 67, 70–2, 75, 81–2, 86,
65, Illustration 5
94, 96, 114, 124, 130, 135,
Wilde, O. 11
140, 158, Illustration 17
Wilhelm II 111, 122
USA 23, 26, 54, 61, 116, 123, 126,
Wilhelm I 13, Illustration 2
128, 130, 139–41, 143, 147,
Winckelmann, J.J.W. 42, 62, 70,
155–6, 158
72, 97
Wittenberg 30
Wolf, C. 155, 157
V
Wolf, H. 89
Wolfenbüttel 46, 59
Vergangenheitsbewältigung 143
Wolff, C.A. 38–40, 42, 58–9
Verlaine, P. 105
women 17, 28, 44, 67, 90–2
Versailles 20, 125, Illustration 2
work 19, 22, 28, 30, 48, 94,
versifi cation 35, 49, 60, 62,
109–11, 117, 122–3, 125–6,
66, 97, 105, 149, see als
o
130, 136, 143, 147
hexameter
Worms 32
Virgil 41
writers 8, 10, 28, 37, 48, 54, 73,
Index
visual arts 6, 19, 22, 29, 42, 46,
80, 90, 96, 104–5, 112,
62, 84, 97, 105, 129, 132,
115, 136, 144
153, Illustration 7
Württemberg 60, 65, 133, 149
Vulpius, C. 63
Wagner, H.L. 49, 53
Wagner, R. 97–101, 104, 112, 131
Y
Wall 24, 143, 154, 156
Wedekind, F. 116–17, 129
Young Germany (Junges
Weill, K. 128
Deutschland) 84, 86, 97
Weimar 45, 54, 61–2, 67–8, 74,
76, 98, 102–4, 122, 124,
Z
132
Weimar Republic 5, 20–1, 122,
Zola, E. 109
124, 126, 129–33, 137, 141
Zollverein see Customs Union Weiss, P. 150
Zurich 82, 86, 137
171
Document Outline
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Introduction
1 The bourgeois and the official: a historical overview
2 The laying of the foundations (to 1781)
3 The age of idealism (1781–1832)
4 The age of materialism (1832–1914)
5 Traumas and memories (1914– )
Further reading
Index A
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