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Honor in German Literature

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George Fenwick Jones
1959
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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Originally published in 1959, this first scholarly study of the origin and development of the concept of honor in German literature traces its role from ancient Germanic to modern works and shows how the transformation from external to internal conceptions of honor were influenced by Christian and Stoic ideals.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv-vi

Dedication

pp. vii-viii

Table of Contents

pp. ix

Epigraph

pp. x

Preface

pp. xi-xii

1. The Problem

pp. 1-9

2. Heathen Shame Culture

pp. 10-37

3. Christian Guilt Culture

pp. 38-58

4. Knightly Honor – The Native Heritage

pp. 59-87

5. Knightly Honor – Refining Influences

pp. 88-103

6. Courtier, Cleric, and Contradiction

pp. 104-122

7. Origins of Bourgeois Honor

pp. 123-137

8. Honor in Reformation and Baroque Literature

pp. 138-148

9. Inner Honor

pp. 149-159

10. Honor and the Common Man

pp. 160-166

11. Loss of Honor

pp. 167-180

12. Ridicule of Traditional Honor

pp. 181-189

Conclusion

pp. 190-192

Bibliography

pp. 193-199

Index

pp. 200-208
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