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<jats:p>In the first decades of the 20<jats:sup>th</jats:sup> century, literary studies in the history of ideas (<jats:italic>Geistesgeschichte</jats:italic>) experimented with sociological and socio-historical perspectives and concepts in search of a stable basis. In doing so, it reacts to the problems of historical-philological research that focuses on social aspects of literary change. In the competition for the sovereignty of interpretation, holistic(national, ethnic) concepts also prevail against empirical findings.</jats:p>