Lesesucht

Die Lesewut (German for the reading craze) or Die Lesesucht (reading mania), are terms that describes a period in German history beginning in the eighteenth century^[1] when the number of German authors, books, and readers surpassed that of France to become the leader in published and read literature (i.e. the written word) in Europe. Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther^[2] and the Sturm und Drang movement are considered to have been the catalyst for this event.

References

1. Woodmansee, Martha (1994). The Arthor, Art, and the Market: Rereading the History of Aesthetics. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-231-10601-7.
2. Galbi, Douglas (March 18, 2007). "Novel Content Creation". Purple Motes. Retrieved 2008-06-25.