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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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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Role:
Author
Journal:
GERMAN LIFE AND LETTERS
Volume:
65
Issue:
2
Pages:
147-160
Publication date:
2012-03-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1468-0483
ISSN:
0016-8777
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:323438
UUID:
uuid:3830672f-98ff-4649-b868-f479eff85650
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pubs:323438
Source identifiers:
323438
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2013-11-17

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