Narratives of America and the Frontier in Nineteenth-century German LiteratureGerman literature about America has consistently occupied a marginal position in both German and American studies. This study attempts an overall interpretation of such nineteenth-century literature by charting its most significant narratives. Narratives are thus shown to be embedded and generated in a bicultural or multicultural setting derived from historical givens as well as from the possibilities inherent in fabrication. The result is the illumination of an area previously neglected in literature, revealing not only intricate literary creations, but also significant insights about culture, canonicity, and the construction of national identities. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 4
Page 33
... bonds and ' take over ' the new communities . In sociological terms the outlaws and lower people constituted a ' contraculture . ' They rejected the respectable values of life and property and wished to upset the social structure in ...
... bonds and ' take over ' the new communities . In sociological terms the outlaws and lower people constituted a ' contraculture . ' They rejected the respectable values of life and property and wished to upset the social structure in ...
Page 113
... bonds of custom , " the European in Sealsfield's world discovers his individuality amid the imperatives of a radically new environment . In short , the frontier for Sealsfield dissolves all vestiges of privilege and class distinction ...
... bonds of custom , " the European in Sealsfield's world discovers his individuality amid the imperatives of a radically new environment . In short , the frontier for Sealsfield dissolves all vestiges of privilege and class distinction ...
Page 142
... bond between the United States and a united Germany would prevent any machinations on the European continent ( M , 125-26 ) . However , it is not only the concerns of establishing a new European order that preoccupy Solger , but also ...
... bond between the United States and a united Germany would prevent any machinations on the European continent ( M , 125-26 ) . However , it is not only the concerns of establishing a new European order that preoccupy Solger , but also ...
Contents
Charles Sealsfields Fable of the Republic | 87 |
Charles Sealsfield and the Frontier Thesis | 109 |
Reinhold Solgers Bildungsreise to the New World | 127 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
American culture Amerikabild Amerikamüde amerikanische Amerikaroman Anton in Amerika argues Balduin Möllhausen becomes Biedermeier Bildung Börnstein's capitalism Charles Sealsfield civilization concept Cooper countinghouse defined deutsche deutschen Literatur Deutschland Duden embodied emigration essay ethnic Europe European example familiar Fink Frederick Jackson Turner Freytag Friedrich Gerstäcker frontier thesis Geist Geld German culture German fiction German hero German literature German-American German-American Literature Goethe Grund Gustav Freytag Helmstedt Hildesheim History ideal ideology immigrants Indian intellectual interpretation invoked Isaak Jacksonian Jahrhunderts James Fenimore Cooper Jewish Karl Scharnhorst Kürnberger lacunae Land Leben Lenau liberal literary Mardochai Menschen modernity Möllhausen moral motif myth narrative narrator native Neue nineteenth century Nordamerika novel Olms paradigm popular published reader republic republican Ruppius's Scharnhorst Shatterhand significant society Solger Soll Soll und Haben stereotypes symbol theme tradition Turner University Press unserer values Vereinigten Staaten vision Volk Vormärz Wahlverwandtschaften Welt Werke Winnetou writers Yankee York