A NEW HISTORY OF GERMAN LITERATURE

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original purple cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Maurice Sendak illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bright cloth and gilt, the contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, that is a touch faded to the spine.

A collection of 200 essays on events in German literary history, exploring the lives of authors, significant cultural events, technological developments and considering the wider arts including theatre and cinema.