German writers in the age of Goethe

In the familiar format of the distinguished Dictionary of literary biography series, DLB 94 provides career biographies of 34 literary figures (the "greats" include Goethe, Kant, and Schiller) whose first works appeared after 1765 and before 1790 and who began their creative life either in the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress--the German phrase comes from the title of a 1776 play by F.M. Klinger, one of the writers herein covered) or in the epoch of German or Weimar Classicism. Includes the usual array of fascinating illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR