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- Title
APPROACHING THE GERMAN ANTHOLOGY, 1700-1850: AN INTRODUCTION.
- Authors
Ramtke, Nora; Williams, Seán M.
- Abstract
Although the anthology has its roots in the ancient world, it arose in German letters in the eighteenth century. While the nineteenth century can be called - quantitatively and terminologically - the heyday of the anthology, the eighteenth century was the dawn of its diversity. The present special number examines this variety, as represented in particular examples. The first and most obvious problem for our period is terminological. Once we overcome the heterogeneous terms for anthologies, however, we propose a focus on their functions. Central to these is an acknowledgement of an anthology's agenda, which can be applied or aesthetic, cultural-political or poetological. Consequently, we contend that examining eighteenth-century anthologies and collections into the mid-nineteenth century contributes more broadly to an emergent body of scholarship on editorship and its relationship to the topic of authorship at a time when a commercial book market was becoming established, and for which the 'modern author' was increasingly plural in its manifestations.
- Subjects
ANTHOLOGIES; 18TH century German literature; 19TH century German literature; HISTORY
- Publication
German Life & Letters, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0016-8777
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/glal.12136