Run Afoul

English summary: More than enough listings of important literature exist. This book takes on this challenge from a new perspective: Which literary works influenced politics, society and culture? Which novels, drama and poems triggered discussions and influenced history? What are the interrelations between literature and history? 18 essays portray novels, drama and poems which led to political, social, legal and cultural changes and became well-known because they wrote history. German...
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English summary: More than enough listings of important literature exist. This book takes on this challenge from a new perspective: Which literary works influenced politics, society and culture? Which novels, drama and poems triggered discussions and influenced history? What are the interrelations between literature and history? 18 essays portray novels, drama and poems which led to political, social, legal and cultural changes and became well-known because they wrote history. German description: Listen bedeutsamer Literatur gibt es genug. Diesem Buch liegt eine andere und neue Perspektive zu Grunde: Welche literarischen Werke haben konkrete Veranderungen in Politik, Gesellschaft oder Kultur bewirkt? Welche Romane, Dramen oder Gedichte haben Diskussionen angestossen und den Gang der Geschichte beeinflusst? Wie stehen Literatur und Geschichte uberhaupt zueinander? In 18 Beitragen werden Romane, Dramen oder Gedichte portratiert, die zu politischen, sozialen, rechtlichen oder kulturellen Veranderungen fuhrten und dadurch zu Literatur wurden, die Geschichte schrieb.