Religion and enlightenment, the twin themes of this volume, always exist in tension.
Thanks to the historical and textual criticism of the Bible, the \'sea of faith\' began its withdrawal sooner in Germany than in England, a.
The tensions, affinities, and conflicts between the two, as they play out in German Literature from Goethe, Schiller and Kleist down to Kafka and Thomas Mann, are explored in this volume, with one section examining their interplay in the neglected Austrian Enlightenment.
Religion and enlightenment, the twin themes of this volume, always exist in tension