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Gustav Freytag and the Prussian Gospel - Novels, Liberalism, and History (Paperback)
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Gustav Freytag and the Prussian Gospel - Novels, Liberalism, and History (Paperback)
Series: North American Studies in 19th-Century German Literature, 37
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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 generation of National Liberals
in the debate over Jewish assimilation, political reform in
Prussia, and German unification. This new study places Freytag in
his proper political and social context as a member of an elite of
academic historians and liberal publicists who promoted German
unification. Alongside colleagues like Theodor Mommsen and Heinrich
von Treitschke, Freytag worked to create a progressive, Prussian
historical myth for the new Germany. Although the author addresses
Freytag's well-earned reputation for anti-Jewish prejudice, the
primary focus of the work is to explore the mental world of a
significant, but often overlooked, German historian. Focusing upon
Gustav Freytag as a representative figure, this book explores the
contribution of the German history profession to German liberalism
and political culture.
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