North American Studies in Nineteenth-century German Literature and Culture – serie
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Meditations on Jewish Creative Identity
Representations of the Jewish Artist in the Works of German-Jewish Writers from Heine to Feuchtwanger
Av Helen Ferstenberg, Jeffrey L. Sammons
Häftad, 2003
891 kr
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Through an analysis of representations of Jewish artists in the works of German-Jewish writers, this book reveals that the issue of a Jewish creative identity was one of the most explosive aspects of a dual German-Jewish identity. In the shadow of both a widespread anti-Semitic stereotype which …
Art of Comedy and Social Critique in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800-1868)
Av Rinske Pritchett, Jeffrey L. Sammons
Häftad, 2005
961 kr
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During the mid-nineteenth century, Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer pursued a fifty-year career as a playwright and theater manager in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at a time of the transformation of court theaters and itinerant troupes into commercial establishments staffed by middle-class …
Mediating the Past
Gustav Freytag, Progress, and German Historical Identity, 1848-1871
Av Alyssa Lonner, Jeffrey L. Sammons
Häftad, 2005
900 kr
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As one of the most widely read German authors of the nineteenth century, Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) continues to be associated with the middle class and the progress it enjoyed. Yet while his best-selling novel Soll und Haben (1855) and its lesser-known successor Die verlorene Handschrift (1864) …
Gustav Freytag and the Prussian Gospel
Novels, Liberalism, and History
Häftad, 2005
1130 kr
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Spanning the worlds of literature and the history profession, the Prussian novelist and historian Gustav Freytag (1816-95) was influential in shaping opinion for his generation of liberals. Best known as the author of the popular novel Soll und Haben (1855), Freytag represented the views of a …
On the Seventh Solitude
Endless Becoming and Eternal Return in the Poetry of Friedrich Nietzsche
Av Rohit Sharma
Häftad, 2006
1043 kr
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Much as Nietzsche has gained in popularity during the last century, his poetry still has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. On closer scrutiny, his aposiopetic style, along with the labyrinthine and self-referential nature of his writings, subtly hint toward the recurring and …
Between National Fantasies and Regional Realities
The Paradox of Identity in Nineteenth-Century German Literature
Av Arne Koch
Häftad, 2007
859 kr
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Despite its popularity during the nineteenth century, regional literature has often been overlooked with regard to its role in the development of German national consciousness. By exploring various illustrations of geographic-historical landscapes in texts written before the 1848 revolutions and …
Drama and «Ideenschmuggel»
Inserted Performance as Communicative Strategy in Karl Gutzkow’s Plays 1839-1849
Häftad, 2008
731 kr
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This monograph details Gutzkow’s recurring use of performance-within-the-play as a means of encouraging an active, political response by the audience. He incorporates an internal audience viewing a performance on stage in order to model an ideal of dramatic reception for the audiences of his own …
Public Voices
Political Discourse in the Writings of Caroline de la Motte Fouqué
Häftad, 2008
736 kr
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This book examines the possibilities of political theorizing in the writings of early nineteenth-century German women and develops a new theory of reading women’s domestic fiction. Drawing on feminism, new historicism, and hermeneutics for its theoretical framework, the study suggests significant …
