Das verschlafene 19. Jahrhundert? Zur deutschen Literatur zwischen Klassik und Moderne

gated to the notes; once again it would serve the convenience of the reader if academic book designers could be persuaded to put notes at the bottom of the page instead of in the back. These are just nit-picks, however; the book illuminates the convoluted generation of the nationalistic discourse in Germany, effectively countering stillcirculating simplistic notions about “the Germans.” We must be grateful to Peterson for devoting himself to so much of what we, in all probability, would prefer not to read, and we will not envy him his long hours with Luise Mühlbach.