Wilhelmine and Nicolai the Life and Opinions of Master Sebaldus Nothanker: Masterworks of the German Rococo and Enlightenment
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Two novels about the same couple illustrate rococo style in German literature of the late 18th century. These two works were best sellers when they appeared and were reprinted numerous times. The obvious link between the two works is the couple at the centre of both. With Wilhelmine (1764) Th?mmel, a petty nobleman and court official, gave German literature its finest example of a mock epic among the many produced in the wake of Pope's Rape of the Lock. In telling of a village pastor's successful attempt to gain the hand of his beloved, Th?mmel also showed what could be accomplished within the confining Horatian aesthetic of the German Rococo. Nicolai, a leading figure of the Berlin Enlightenment, took Th?mmel's couple and showed their life after marriage. Intracing the misfortunes of Sebaldus and family, he delights in savaging church orthodoxy, idealistic philosophy, sentimentalism, and pietism. It has been called the first realistic German novel.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1571131450
ISBN13:9781571131454
Release Date:December 1997
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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