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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2 Friedrich August Strubberg ( 1806 – 89 ) , who employed the pseudonym
Armand , published " ein Werk von fast fünfzig Romanbänden . " Balduin
Möllhausen ( 1825 – 1905 ) , as Horst Dinkelacker writes , published at a
dizzying rate from ...
2 Friedrich August Strubberg ( 1806 – 89 ) , who employed the pseudonym
Armand , published " ein Werk von fast fünfzig Romanbänden . " Balduin
Möllhausen ( 1825 – 1905 ) , as Horst Dinkelacker writes , published at a
dizzying rate from ...
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In a more recent study of German - American literature , Barbara Lang completely
ignores these writers , preferring to concentrate on only those writers who have
lived and published in America . " Juliane Mikoletzky prefers to devote her ...
In a more recent study of German - American literature , Barbara Lang completely
ignores these writers , preferring to concentrate on only those writers who have
lived and published in America . " Juliane Mikoletzky prefers to devote her ...
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Olms Verlag has now published a total of twenty six volumes of Sealsfield's works
. Volume 24 includes some of Sealsfield's journalistic efforts as well as some
essays by Karl J. R. Ardt . Volumes 25 and 26 contain Eduard Castle's biography
of ...
Olms Verlag has now published a total of twenty six volumes of Sealsfield's works
. Volume 24 includes some of Sealsfield's journalistic efforts as well as some
essays by Karl J. R. Ardt . Volumes 25 and 26 contain Eduard Castle's biography
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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