German Cultural History

Author: Du Mei
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: This book is the most comprehensive work to date on the history of German culture, and it was used as a lecture manuscript for the "Special Topics in the History of German Culture" course at Peking University before publication. It emphasizes both the significant influence of German culture on Europe and the world, as well as the exchanges and mutual influences between German culture and China. The book is divided into 12 chapters, covering the origins of the Germanic nation and culture, German culture in the Middle Ages, humanism and the Reformation, Baroque style, the Enlightenment, German Baroque and classical music, German literature and philosophy in the early and late 19th century, and 20th-century German culture, among others, with an accompanying chronology of the history of German culture.