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Crossing Boundaries: Towards a Theory and History of Essay Writing in German, 168-1815

By John A. McCarthy
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By John A. McCarthy
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Crossing Boundaries focuses on the intellectual and social factors that led to the emergence and first flowering of the German essay. John McCarthy challenges traditional ways of thinking about literature by concentrating on the impact of Enlightenment philosophy, rhetoric, genre theory, and literary life on the evolution of essayistic writing in German.

Taking issue with the commonly held view that the German essay did not evolve until after 1750—and then only under the influence of French ...

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