Author: McCarthy, John A.
Title: Crossing Boundaries: A Theory and History of Essay Writing in German, 1680 -1815
Description: Philadelphia, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, (1989). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xiv,346 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Risk Taking: On Reading & Enlightenment; Attitude & Form; Essay or Essayism? The World of 18th-Century Thought; The Ethics of Writing & Reading; The Poetry of Prose; The Dialectic Muse Awakes: Essayistic Writing 1680-1750; The Dialectic Muse Soars: Essayistic Writing 1770-1815; Conclusion.

Keywords: German Prose Literature, Literary History, Criticism, Essay Essays, , , , ,