ADOLF GLASSBRENNER: HIS DEVELOPMENT FROM JUNGDEUTSCHER TO VORMÄRZLER -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I. INTRODUCTION AND THE PRESENT STATE OF GLASSBRENNER RESEARCH -- Chapter II. GLASSBRENNER'S USE OF THE POPULAR TRADITION WITHIN THE YOUNG GERMAN LITERARY MOVEMENT -- Chapter III. GLASSBRENNER'S VIEW OF THE COMMON MAN IN BERLIN DURING THE 1830'S -- a. The Public Gatherings -- b. The Specific Characters -- C. Buntes Berlin -- Chapter IV. THE VORMÄRZ LYRIC-A CALL TO FREEDOM -- Chapter V. THE CHARACTERS--THE TASK OF PREPARING THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS FOR REVOLUTIONARY ACTION -- Chapter VI. THE EPIC-DER NEUE REINEKE FUCHS (1846)-AN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH AND FEUDALISM -- Chapter VII. THE PETTY BOURGEOISIE AS CARRIERS OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES -- Chapter VIII. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index.