Lovers, parricides, and highwaymen

"The eighteenth-century movement called Sturm und Drang played a critical role in the development of German literature in general and German drama in particular. Lasting from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, it was part of a great national awakening that propelled German culture into European prominence. Beyond this, the Sturm und Drang is a complex and misunderstood phenomenon that simultaneously draws on and rebels against the cultural and historical developments that surround it.

Two centuries of reception have further clouded the picture, injecting the concept of the movement, or at least its name, even into American popular culture."--BOOK JACKET. "This book addresses both specialists and non-German-speakers who are seeking an introduction to the Sturm und Drang."--BOOK JACKET.