A much-needed look at the fiction that was actually read by masses
of Germans in the late nineteenth century, and the conditions of
its publication and reception. The late nineteenth century was a
crucial period for the development of German fiction. Political
unification and industrialization were accompanied by the rise of a
mass market for German literature, and with it the beginnings ofthe
German bestseller.Offering escape, romance, or adventure, as well
as insights into the modern world, nineteenth-century bestsellers
often captured the imagination of readers well into the twentieth
century and beyond. However, many have been neglected by scholars.
This volume offers new readings of literary realism by focusing not
on the accepted intellectual canon but on commercially successful
fiction in its material and social contexts. It investigates
bestsellers from writers such as Freytag, Dahn, Jensen, Raabe,
Viebig, Stifter, Auerbach, Storm, Moellhausen, Marlitt, Suttner,
and Thomas Mann. The contributions examine the aesthetic strategies
that made the works sucha success, and writers' attempts to appeal
simultaneously on different levels to different readers.
Bestselling writers often sought to accommodate the expectations of
publishers and the marketplace, while preserving some sense
ofartistic integrity. This volume sheds light on the important
effect of the mass market on the writing not just of popular works,
but of German prose fiction on all levels. Contributors: Christiane
Arndt, Caroline Bland, Elizabeth Boa, Anita Bunyan, Katrin Kohl,
Todd Kontje, Peter C. Pfeiffer, Nicholas Saul, Benedict Schofield,
Ernest Schonfield, Martin Swales, Charlotte Woodford. Charlotte
Woodford is Lecturer in German and Directorof Studies in Modern
Languages at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Benedict
Schofield is Senior Lecturer in German and Head of the Department
of German at King's College London.
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