{"product_id":"salomon-gessner-his-creative-achievement-and-influence-anglica-germanica-series-2-0521157838","title":"Salomon Gessner: His Creative Achievement and Influence (Anglica Germanica Series 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521157838\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hibberd, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when German was generally despised as a barbaric tongue, Salomon Gessner was hailed in Europe as a poet of universal significance. Yet today he is scarcely known. John Hibberd sets the writer in context, traces the story of his impact, and stresses his significance as a key to the taste of his age. He finds the reasons for Gessner's remarkable success in his appeal to the feeling for nature and natural simplicity nascent in the mid-eighteenth century, and in his ability to be many things to many men by reconciling the main cultural trends of that time - Pre-Romanticism and Neo-Classicism. Originally published in 1976, this was the first book on the subject in English. It went beyond previous books on Gessner in both detail and scope; it called for a greater appreciation of Gessner's historical importance, but also assesed his achievements as a writer, engraver and painter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941711544608,"sku":"NEW0521157838","price":50.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/salomon-gessner-his-creative-achievement-and-influence-anglica-germanica-series-2-0521157838","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}