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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... present as in the Bildungsroman . The mentor figure leads the young initiate or novitiate to " prak- tisches Handeln . " This is , in fact , almost a graphic description of the conception present in Wilhelm Meister of going to America ...
... present as in the Bildungsroman . The mentor figure leads the young initiate or novitiate to " prak- tisches Handeln . " This is , in fact , almost a graphic description of the conception present in Wilhelm Meister of going to America ...
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... present a simplistic , undifferentiated view of the Sonderwegideologie and its embodiment in the Amerikaroman would not do justice to this genre . In another short sketch , " Amerikanische Hotels und Wirtshäuser , " Gerstäcker uses the ...
... present a simplistic , undifferentiated view of the Sonderwegideologie and its embodiment in the Amerikaroman would not do justice to this genre . In another short sketch , " Amerikanische Hotels und Wirtshäuser , " Gerstäcker uses the ...
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... present such seemingly impenetrable lacunae . Indeed , our entire existence consists of lacunae - forming if you will . We read in the newspapers every day within our own cultures and outside of seemingly strange and abhorrent cultural ...
... present such seemingly impenetrable lacunae . Indeed , our entire existence consists of lacunae - forming if you will . We read in the newspapers every day within our own cultures and outside of seemingly strange and abhorrent cultural ...
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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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