Download or read book Idylls & Realities written by J. P. Stern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1971, this book outlines the period of Germany’s belated industrial revolution and suggests why German literature does not, before the 1880s, contribute to the tradition of European realism. It considers the alternatives to realism offered in three genres of drama, poetry and prose fiction. The book closely analyses specific texts, both in the original and in translation, with comparisons with non-German works.