| Between National Fantasies and Regional Realities: The Paradox of Identity in Nineteenth-Century German Literature Contributor(s): Koch, Arne (Author), Sammons, Jeffrey L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820483311 ISBN-13: 9780820483313 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Literary Criticism | European - German - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 830 |
| LCCN: 2007416184 |
| Series: North American Studies in 19th-Century German Literature |
| Physical Information: 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 after the 1871 unification, this book investigates the vital polyphony generated by unique regional voices throughout the age of nationalism. Close readings of texts by Berthold Auerbach, Theodor Storm, Wilhelm Raabe, Fritz Reuter, Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach examine recognizable and unfamiliar regions. Although this study concentrates on provincial writings, literary regionalism's fictionality and simultaneous referentiality raise broader questions for the programmatic aesthetics of Poetic Realism and for inquiries into identity formation. |