In Babel's Shadow: Language, Philology, and Nation in Nineteenth-century Germany (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies): Language, ... and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany

by TuskaBenes (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $71.40

  Presents a comprehensive cultural history of the language sciences in nineteenth-century Germany. This book situates German language scholarship in relation to European nationalism, nineteenth-century notions of race and ethnicity, the methodologies of humanistic inquiry, and debates over the interpretation of scripture.