I. The Rise of the German Social Lyric

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. I. The Rise of the German Social Lyric 1
4. II. The Poet of the Middle Class 16
5. III. Weltschmerz and the Social Lyric 34
6. IV. The Lyric of Social Pity 50
7. V. The Lyric of Vice and Crime 64
8. VI. The Lyric of Social Utopias 76
9. VII. The Climax of the Early Social Lyric 96
10. VIII. The Lyric of Social Revolt 123
11. IX.The Lyric of Social Cynicism 146
12. Notes 161
13. Index 183