Description:Excerpt from The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. 18: Masterpieces of German LiteratureHauptmann's interpretation and criticism of life, how ever, although so constantly shaped by the prevalent intels lectual currents of his age, have never been argumentative or direct. In that respect they have differed notably from the interpretation and criticism of other contemporary dra matists. Thus M. Paul Hervieu, for instance, began his career by a' brief series of telling arguments against the legal status of woman; he has recently used the stage in defense of the secular institutions of the social order. Brieux has never written a play but to attack some evil, unveil some hypocrisy, or scourge some definite injustice. Shaw has attempted to undermine the emotional bases of our civilization, and Galsworthy is devoting his admirable dramatic gift to the service of various causes. Haupt mann has had the larger, and surely the wiser vision; for all these evils are but accidental and transitory elements in the life of historic man. Man remains. And thus Haupt mann, abandoning more and more the brief social ardor of his youth, has fixed his eye primarily upon humanity amid conditions and conflicts which, however exactly defined in time and space, partake, by their very nature, of the recur rent and the enduring.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Masterpieces of German Literature; Volume 18. To get started finding The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Masterpieces of German Literature; Volume 18, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Masterpieces of German Literature; Volume 18
Description: Excerpt from The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. 18: Masterpieces of German LiteratureHauptmann's interpretation and criticism of life, how ever, although so constantly shaped by the prevalent intels lectual currents of his age, have never been argumentative or direct. In that respect they have differed notably from the interpretation and criticism of other contemporary dra matists. Thus M. Paul Hervieu, for instance, began his career by a' brief series of telling arguments against the legal status of woman; he has recently used the stage in defense of the secular institutions of the social order. Brieux has never written a play but to attack some evil, unveil some hypocrisy, or scourge some definite injustice. Shaw has attempted to undermine the emotional bases of our civilization, and Galsworthy is devoting his admirable dramatic gift to the service of various causes. Haupt mann has had the larger, and surely the wiser vision; for all these evils are but accidental and transitory elements in the life of historic man. Man remains. And thus Haupt mann, abandoning more and more the brief social ardor of his youth, has fixed his eye primarily upon humanity amid conditions and conflicts which, however exactly defined in time and space, partake, by their very nature, of the recur rent and the enduring.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Masterpieces of German Literature; Volume 18. To get started finding The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Masterpieces of German Literature; Volume 18, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.