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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When Winnetou ' s father and Shatterhand begin a discussion of gold and
Shatterhand is tempted with the possibility of discovering places where unlimited
amounts of gold are to be found , Shatterhand answers , “ Ich habe nie nach
totem ...
When Winnetou ' s father and Shatterhand begin a discussion of gold and
Shatterhand is tempted with the possibility of discovering places where unlimited
amounts of gold are to be found , Shatterhand answers , “ Ich habe nie nach
totem ...
Page 107
Among Alexander Ritter's contributions to Sealsfield's scholarship is his
discussion of Sealsfield's “ gebrochene Utopievorstellung ” in “ Charles
Sealsfield : Politischer Emigrant , freier Schriftsteller und die Doppelkrise von
Amerika - Utopie ...
Among Alexander Ritter's contributions to Sealsfield's scholarship is his
discussion of Sealsfield's “ gebrochene Utopievorstellung ” in “ Charles
Sealsfield : Politischer Emigrant , freier Schriftsteller und die Doppelkrise von
Amerika - Utopie ...
Page 206
What began as a critical discussion of German Geist and the indictment of
literature as both a symptom and a cause of German backwardness and its
subsequent failure to become a modern nation - state , akin to England and
America ...
What began as a critical discussion of German Geist and the indictment of
literature as both a symptom and a cause of German backwardness and its
subsequent failure to become a modern nation - state , akin to England and
America ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Narratives of America and the Frontier in Nineteenth-century German Literature Volume 25 of North American Studies Volume 25 of North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature |
| Author | Jerry Schuchalter |
| Publisher | P. Lang, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0820444774, 9780820444772 |
| Length | 302 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / European / German |
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