German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism. :The romantic ironists and Goethe / Kathleen M Wheeler

Preface; Introduction; 1. Friedrich Schlegel; 2. Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg); 3. Ludwig Tieck; 4. Karl Solger; 5. Tieck-Solger correspondence; 6. Jean Paul Richter; 7. August Wilhelm von Schlegel; 8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

This volume provides an overview of the immensely rich literary criticism of the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century in Germany, which has been of seminal influence on the history of European literary criticism. The volume will be an especially useful textbook for students of Romantic literature, modern literary theory and the history of literary criticism.