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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: German Literature (12373 words) |
 | Literature as an art suffered by being pressed into the service of religious controversy; it became polemic or didactic, and its prevailing form was prose. |
| Its effect on the German language was enormous; the dialect in which it is written, a Middle German dialect used in the chancery of Upper Saxony, became gradually the norm for both Protestant and Catholic writers, and is thus the basis of the modern literary German. |
| Literature was devoid of originality and substance; the formal side absorbed the chief attention of the writers. |
| The intellectual climate before 1848 (from French literature) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (885 words) |
| The counterrevolutionary era of the early 19th century saw a renewal of interest in religion, ranging from the sentimental religiosity of Chateaubriand to the traditionalist and antidemocratic theology of Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, vicomte de Bonald, and Joseph de Maistre, but 18th-century sensualism continued and was developed by the Idéologues. |
| Literature may be classified according to a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period, genre, and subject matter. |
| Article by Bruce Vandervort examining the contributions of the decree of April 27, 1848 that abolished slavery in French colonies, and the decree of March 2, 1848 which instituted universal manhood suffrage, towards the social, political, and economic development of this West African colony. |
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