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. |
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... argues that the American Revolution elicited a complex response in Germany , finding di- verse interpretations in the ranks of the Conservatives , Liberals , and Radicals . Even the comparison with the French Revolution , Lutz - Esche ...
... argues that the American Revolution elicited a complex response in Germany , finding di- verse interpretations in the ranks of the Conservatives , Liberals , and Radicals . Even the comparison with the French Revolution , Lutz - Esche ...
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... argues insightfully that the duality between prose and poetry underlies the narrative structures of the German Amerikaroman . In discussing the works of Sealsfield , Willkomm , and Kürnberger , Kriegleder writes , " Ein merk- würdiger ...
... argues insightfully that the duality between prose and poetry underlies the narrative structures of the German Amerikaroman . In discussing the works of Sealsfield , Willkomm , and Kürnberger , Kriegleder writes , " Ein merk- würdiger ...
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Jerry Schuchalter. 59 50 51 52 the sense that he argues that Sealsfield's Amerikabild , also expressed in Wahl ... argue that especially the above- mentioned work is in its very nature ambivalent , shifting in the course of the narrative ...
Jerry Schuchalter. 59 50 51 52 the sense that he argues that Sealsfield's Amerikabild , also expressed in Wahl ... argue that especially the above- mentioned work is in its very nature ambivalent , shifting in the course of the narrative ...
Contents
Charles Sealsfields Fable of the Republic | 87 |
Charles Sealsfield and the Frontier Thesis | 109 |
Reinhold Solgers Bildungsreise to the New World | 127 |
Copyright | |
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