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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The German hero , in other words , epitomizes Geist , genuine labor , and , above
all , moral integrity . His adversary in all of these novels is the American qua
Yankee . The Yankee of course epitomizes antithetical qualities and values .
The German hero , in other words , epitomizes Geist , genuine labor , and , above
all , moral integrity . His adversary in all of these novels is the American qua
Yankee . The Yankee of course epitomizes antithetical qualities and values .
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For example , in Der Pedlar the Jewish peddler Isaac , equipped with mysterious
powers , helps the hero to surmount seemingly impossible problems , and in Die
Waldspinne , the curious fey - like creature of the wood assists the hero in ...
For example , in Der Pedlar the Jewish peddler Isaac , equipped with mysterious
powers , helps the hero to surmount seemingly impossible problems , and in Die
Waldspinne , the curious fey - like creature of the wood assists the hero in ...
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At night his hero succumbs to the most horrible and typical anti - Semitic fears
and in the light of day these fears are shown to be without substance . The result
is that the German hero is left feeling an uneasy sense of guilt and shame , but of
...
At night his hero succumbs to the most horrible and typical anti - Semitic fears
and in the light of day these fears are shown to be without substance . The result
is that the German hero is left feeling an uneasy sense of guilt and shame , but of
...
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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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| 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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