University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations Dissertations and Theses July 2016 Pessimism in Progress: Hermann Sudermann and the Liberal German Bourgeoisie Jason Doerre University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2 Part of the European History Commons, German Literature Commons, and the Intellectual History Commons Recommended Citation Doerre, Jason, "Pessimism in Progress: Hermann Sudermann and the Liberal German Bourgeoisie" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 652. https://doi.org/10.7275/8322692.0 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/652 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
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