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Author_Matt Erlin
Berlin
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eighteenth century
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Friedrich Gedike
Friedrich Nicolai
G.E. Lessing
german culture
german enlightenment
german literature
german studies
Germany 18th century
Moses Mendelssohn
Prussia
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
urban
urban sociability
Product details
- ISBN 9781469614632
- Weight: 525g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2014
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Through an analysis of the works of the Berlin Aufklarer Friedrich Gedike, Friedrich Nicolai, G. E. Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn, Matt Erlin shows how the rapid changes occurring in Prussia's newly minted metropolis challenged these intellectuals to engage in precisely the kind of nuanced thinking about history that has come to be seen as characteristic of the German Enlightenment. The author's demonstration of Berlin's historical-theoretical significance also provides a fresh perspective on the larger question of the city's impact on eighteenth-century German culture. Challenging the widespread idea that German intellectuals were antiurban, the study reveals the extent to which urban sociability came to be seen by some as a problematic but crucial factor in the realization of their Enlightenment aims.
Matt Erlin is assistant professor of German literature and culture at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
