Changing cultural tastes
Subtitle: writers and the popular in modern Germany
By: by Anthony Waine.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781571815224; 9781845455224
Subjects: German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Popular culture and literature; Popular culture -- Germany -- History; Politics and literature -- Germany -- History; Germany -- Intellectual life
Description: "It has often been assumed that Europeans invented and had the exclusive monopoly over courtly and romantic love, commonly considered to be the highest form of relations between men and women. This view was particularly prevalent between 1770 and the mid-twentieth century, but was challenged in the 1960s when romantic love came to be seen as a universal sentiment that can be found in all cultures in the world. However, there remains the historical problem that the Europeans used this concept of love as a fundamental part of their self-image over a long period (traces of it still remain) and it became very much caught up in the concept of marriage. This book challenges the underlying Eurocentrism of this notion while exploring in a more general sense the connection between identity and emotions."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.