Gustav Freytag

Pictures of German life in the XVIIITH and XIXTH centuries Vol. II is a historical account examining German society during the 18th and 19th centuries. The work focuses on the evolution of social classes, especially the peasantry, and reflects on the broader changes in German character shaped by individual actions and collective culture. It highlights the tension between the pursuit of personal freedom and the restrictions imposed by the nobility and state authorities. The opening chapters explore the lives of peasants, tracing their shift from relatively free individuals with political influence to bonded laborers facing economic and social decline. This transition illustrates the profound transformations in social structure and autonomy within German society. The narrative promises a detailed analysis of these changes and prepares to address the conditions of the lower nobility and urban citizens in subsequent sections. Pictures of German life in the xviiith and xixth centuries vol i includes history social history cultural history sociology anthropology economics politics class studies rural studies.

Pictures of German life in the XVIIITH and XIXTH centuries Vol. I is a historical account examining German society during the 18th and 19th centuries. The work focuses on the evolution of social classes, especially the peasantry, and reflects on the broader changes in German character shaped by individual actions and collective culture. It highlights the tension between the pursuit of personal freedom and the restrictions imposed by the nobility and state authorities. The opening chapters explore the lives of peasants, tracing their shift from relatively free individuals with political influence to bonded laborers facing economic and social decline. This transition illustrates the profound transformations in social structure and autonomy within German society. The narrative promises a detailed analysis of these changes and prepares to address the conditions of the lower nobility and urban citizens in subsequent sections. Pictures of German life in the xviiith and xixth centuries vol i includes history social history cultural history sociology anthropology economics politics class studies rural studies.

Gustav Freytag (1816 - 1895) was a German novelist and playwright. His literary fame was made universal by the publication in 1855 of his novel, Soll und Haben (Debit and Credit), which was translated into almost all European languages. It was translated into English by Georgiana Harcourt in 1857. It was hailed as one of the best German novels and praised for its sturdy but unexaggerated realism. Its main purpose is the recommendation of the German middle class as the soundest element in the nation, but it also has a more directly patriotic intention in the contrast it draws between the supposedly homely virtues of the German, while presenting in negative light Poles and Jews.