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CONTENTS.
PART I.
FIRST PERIOD OF BLOOM.
CHAPTER I.
THE BEGINNINGS.
First Appearance of the Germans in History; the Strife
with Rome; Ulfilas; Karl the Great: as a Warrior,
as a Law-giver and Organizer, his Court, his Influ-
ence on Literature; the Work of the Monks; the
Time of the Hohenstauffen
CHAPTER II.
THE NIBELUNGEN LIED.
The Burgundian Court at Worms; Wooing of Brunhild;
Marriage of Siegfried and Kriemhild; Death of
Siegfried; Etzel's Wooing; Rüdiger; Kriemhild's
Revenge
PAGE
1-22
23-49
CHAPTER III.
THE NIBELUNGEN LIED (continued).
High Appreciation in which the Poem is held; its
Origin and History; the Poem as a Picture of
Primitive German Life and Spirit; Critique of the
Principal Characters; Comparison with Homer;
Spots made interesting through Connection with
the Poem.
50-81
CHAPTER IV.
GUDRUN.
The German Odyssey; a Picture of the Life of the early
Sea Rovers; the Heroes of Friesland; Horant's
Singing; the Abduction of Hilda; the Betrothal
of Gudrun; her Captivity; the Heroes at Sea;
the Washing at the Beach; the Rescue; the Ani-
mal Epic
82-103
CHAPTER V.
THE MINNESINGERS.
Walther von der Vogelweide; Hadlaub of Zürich;
Ulrich von Lichtenstein; "The Rose-garden at
Worms; " Hartmann von Aue; Gottfried von Strass-
burg; Wolfram von Eschenbach
CHAPTER VI.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSE.
The German Kaisers; Political Circumstances of Ger-
many from the End of the Thirteenth Century;
Strassburg; the Chroniclers; the Preachers; the
Satirists; the Drama
CHAPTER VII.
THE MASTERSINGERS.
Heinrich Frauenlob; the Artisans; Literary Life of
the Cities; Hans Sachs; "The Tailor and the
"Saint Peter and the Goat; "The Wit-
tenberg Nightingale;" Nuremberg .
Flag; "
CHAPTER VIII.
LUTHER IN LITERATURE.
Outline of Luther's Career; his vast Literary Activ-
ity; his Influence upon the German Language
104-131
132-154
155-171
and Literature; the Translation of the Bible; his
Polemical Writings; his Preaching, Letters,
Hymns; Places Associated with Luther
CHAPTER IX.
THE THIRTY YEARS WAR.
From Luther to the End of the Sixteenth Century;
Friedrich, King of Bohemia; Wallenstein and
Gustavus Adolphus; the Portraits in the Castle
at Coburg; Lützen; Exhaustion of Germany;
Decay of Literature
172-205
206-245
PART II.
SECOND PERIOD OF BLOOM.
CHAPTER X.
LESSING.
Gottsched and Bodmer; Sketch of Lessing's Life; the
Fables; the early Dramas; "Laocoon; "the
Hamburg Dramaturgy; "Writings: Political, Pol-
emical, Theological; "Nathan the Wise; Les-
sing's Resemblance to Luther
CHAPTER XI.
KLOPSTOCK, WIELAND, AND HERDER.
Klopstock's Youth; Appearance of the "Messias;" his
Patriotism; his wide Influence; Career of Wieland;
the Favorite of the Elegant World; "Oberon;
"The Abderites; " Contrast with Klopstock; the
Career of Herder; Immense Range of his Studies;
his Influence upon Poetry; his "Ideas upon the
Philosophy of History;" Greatness as a Preacher;
his Church and Statue at Weimar
246-299
300-329
CHAPTER XII.
GÖTHE.
Boyhood at Frankfort; Description of his early Home,
and Places associated with him; Life at Strass-
burg; his extraordinary Impressibility; Brilliancy
of his Early Fame; Description of Weimar; his
Journeys; his Universality; as Man of Affairs;
Vitality in Age; as Man of Science; the Novels
330-374
CHAPTER XIII.
GÖTHE (continued).
Göthe as a Poet; his Contrast with Schiller; the
Lyrics; the Epics; "Hermann and Dorothea; "
the Dramas; "Iphigenia;" "Faust; "Greatness
of his Genius; Estimate of his Character
375-414
CHAPTER XIV.
SCHILLER.
His Life and Character; Hardships of his Boyhood;
his early Fame; Contrast with Göthe: Schiller's
Prose; as a Historian; as a Speculative Philoso-
pher; his Lyrics; "The Song of the Bell; " The
Ballads; the Dramas; the Constant Growth of his
Genius; "The Robbers;" "Wallenstein; " "Wil-
liam Tell;" Nobleness of Schiller
415-473
CHAPTER XV.
THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL.
Influence of Speculative Philosophy upon Literature;
Kant; Fichte; Schelling; the Brothers Schlegel;
Jean Paul; Tieck; Novalis; Fouqué; Theodore
Körner and Arndt; Rückert; the Decay of Roman-
ticism; Uhland.
474-504
CHAPTER XVI.
HEINRICH HEINE.
The Jews in Germany; Heine's Youth; his Apostacy;
Journeys; Life in Paris; The "Mattress-Grave;'
his Descriptive Power; his Wit; his Pathos
505-545
546-568
CHAPTER XVII.
THE MODERN ERA.
Influences at Present affecting Literature; the Broth-
ers Grimm; Great Names of the Present Time;
Anticipations; Means for Culture; Probable Effect
upon Literature of present Unity and Political
Greatness of Germany
CHAPTER XVIII.
GERMAN STYLE.
Carlyle's Defence of Obscurity; Herbert Spencer's
Dictum; Periodicity of German Style; Severity of
German Critics; De Quincey's Judgment; Freili-
grath's "Germany is Hamlet; " Comparative Esti-
mate of German Literature
APPENDIX.
INDEX.
569-591