Volksschriften für Volk und Bürger

Abstract

Abstract In the 1840 s, a new type of educational association (Bildungsverein) emerged in the form of the secular Volksschriftenvereine. The publications of these societies clearly show their heterogeneity in terms of content and program. At the same time, the publications ensured the integration of the genre of folk-literature (Volksliteratur) into the existing traditional literary and literary-critical discourse, establishing it in the literary field.