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DIE WELTGESCHICHTE IST DAS WELTGERICHT!':AUGUST THE STRONG, THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN HISTORICAL NOVEL
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The study, purpose and literary depiction of history underwent a marked change in the nineteenth century, a development that occurred alongside a radical rejection of the eighteenth century and its perceived French influences, epitomised by the figure of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1670-1733). While efforts to differentiate the subject of history from literature turned the study of history into a discipline, the popularity of the historical novel shows that it was...
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- Journal:
- GERMAN LIFE AND LETTERS
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 147-160
- Publication date:
- 2012-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-0483
- ISSN:
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0016-8777
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:323438
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- 2013-11-17
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- 2012
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