Between National Fantasies and Regional Realities - The Paradox of Identity in Nineteenth-Century German Literature (Paperback, illustrated edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	North American Studies in 19th-Century German Literature, 39
Release date:	August 2007
Authors:	Arne Koch • Jeffrey L. Sammons
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	266
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-8331-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-8204-8331-1
Barcode:	9780820483313

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