German thought, from the seven years' war to Goethe's death
Subtitle: six lectures delivered at the Royal institution of Great Britain, May and June 1879
By: by Karl Hillebrand.
Publisher: H. Holt and company
Published: 1880
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: German literature -- History and criticism; Germany -- Civilization
Table of contents: title: Preface.-I. Introduction. On the part of the five great European Nations in the work of modern culture (1450-1850).-II. The starting-point and first stages of Modern Germany (1648-1760).-III. The seeds of German thought (1760-1770).-IV. The reign of Herder (1770-1786).-V. The triumvirate of Goethe, Kant, and Schiller (1787-1800).-VI. The romantic school (1800-1825).-Epilogue: "Young Germany" and "Little Germany" (1825-1860).