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The Figure of the Musician in German Literature

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George C. Schoolfield
1957
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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This survey of the literary treatment of musicians in German novels and novellas begins with the Romantics and ends with the publication of Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus. Schoolfield explores the work of a large selection of writers, including Hoffmann, Tieck, Kleist, Brentano, Grillparzer, Werfel and Hesse among many others. Through these works he tracks the progression of the figure of the musician as professional, artist, genius, composer, and pedagogue and how the pursuit of their art is interpreted by major literary movements.

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

Table of Contents

pp. vii-xii

Preface

pp. xiii-xv

Introduction: The Musician in German Literature before Romanticism

pp. 1-9

I. Romanticism

pp. 10-55

II. Biedermeier and Poetic Realism

pp. 56-106

III. The Post-Wagnerian Age

pp. 107-150

IV. The Age of Musicology

pp. 151-194

Conclusion

pp. 195-196

Notes

pp. 197-200

Index

pp. 201-204
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