History of Literature by Voldemārs Dambergs. “The Twentieth Century in Latvian Literature” in the Context of Latvian Literary History Publications
History of Literature by Voldemārs Dambergs. “The Twentieth Century in Latvian Literature” in the Context of Latvian Literary History Publications

Summary/Abstract: Processes of the formation of Latvian national literature occurred rather late as compared to other parts of Europe, and this accounts for the fact that the necessity of defining the processes of literary history arose comparatively late as well. The first reflection titled as a history of Latvian literature is Mēģinājums latviešu literatūras vēsturē (An Attempt at the History of Latvian Literature) by the author of German origin, Ernsts Cimmermanis, published in 1812. The content of this book only partially matches the intention of defining the history of Latvian literature that has been indicated in the title of the book. It extends the notion of literature to sermons and sacred speeches by German priests and similar written texts that have been produced in the 16th –19th centuries.

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