{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-class-romantic-anti-capitalism-and-the-invention-of-the-proletariat-paperback","title":"The Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Eiden-Offe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 19th century, a new social collective emerged out of impoverished artisans, urban rabble, wandering rural lower classes, bankrupt aristocrats and precarious intellectuals, one that would soon be called the proletariat. But this did not yet exist as a unified, homogeneous class with affiliated political parties. The motley appearance, the dreams and longings of these figures, torn from all economic certainties, found new forms of narration in romantic novellas, reportages, social-statistical studies, and monthly bulletins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut soon enough, these disorderly, violent, nostalgic, errant, and utopian figures were denigrated as reactionary and anarchic by the heads of the labour movement, since they did not fit into their grand linear vision of progress. In \u003cem\u003eThe Poetry of Class\u003c\/em\u003e, Patrick Eiden-Offe tells the story of this nascent class, tracing the making of the proletariat in Vörmarz Germany (1815-1848) through the writings of figures like Ludwig Tieck, Moses Hess, Wilhelm Weitling, Georg Weerth, Friedrich Engels, Louise Otto-Peters, Ernst Willkomm, and Georg Büchner, and in so doing, revealing a striking similarity to the disorderly classes of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Eiden-Offe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a permanent research associate at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur-und Kulturforschung in Berlin. He has published three books in German, \u003cem\u003eDas Reich der Demokratie. Hermann Brochs \"Der Tod des Vergil\"\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDie Poesie der Klasse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHegels Logik Lesen\u003c\/em\u003e, and is currently writing an intellectual biography of Georg Lukács.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46955737088175,"sku":"9798888903254","price":52.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/Tzm1dB85kx9798888903254.webp?v=1779476160","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-class-romantic-anti-capitalism-and-the-invention-of-the-proletariat-paperback","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}