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German colonialism is a thriving field of study. From North America
to Japan, within Germany, Austria and Switzerland, scholars are
increasingly applying post-colonial questions and methods to the
study of Germany and its culture. However, no introduction on this
emerging field of study has combined political and cultural
approaches, the study of literature and art, and the examination of
both metropolitan and local discourses and memories. This book will
fill that gap and offer a broad prelude, of interest to any scholar
and student of German history and culture as well as of colonialism
in general. It will be an indispensable tool for both undergraduate
and postgraduate teaching. .
German colonialism is a thriving field of study. From North America
to Japan, within Germany, Austria and Switzerland, scholars are
increasingly applying post-colonial questions and methods to the
study of Germany and its culture. However, no introduction on this
emerging field of study has combined political and cultural
approaches, the study of literature and art, and the examination of
both metropolitan and local discourses and memories. This book will
fill that gap and offer a broad prelude, of interest to any scholar
and student of German history and culture as well as of colonialism
in general. It will be an indispensable tool for both undergraduate
and postgraduate teaching. .
A collection of new essays treating the most important aspects of
the work of the most famous late Romantic, Heinrich Heine. As the
most prominent German-Jewish Romantic writer, Heinrich Heine
(1797-1856) became a focal point for much of the tension generated
by the Jewish assimilation to German culture in a time marked by a
growing emphasis on the shared ancestry of the German Volk. As both
an ingenious composer of Romantic verse and the originator of
modernist German prose, he defied nationalist-Romantic concepts of
creative genius that grounded German greatness in an idealist
tradition of Dichter und Denker. And as a brash, often reckless
champion of freedom and social justice, he challenged not only the
reactionary ruling powers of Restoration Germany but also the
incipient nationalistideology that would have fateful consequences
for the new Germany--consequences he often portended with a
prophetic vision born of his own experience. Reaching to the heart
of the `German question,' the controversies surrounding Heine have
been as intense since his death as they were in his own lifetime,
often serving as an acid test for important questions of national
and social consciousness. This new volume of essays by scholars
from Germany, Britain, Canada, and the United States offers new
critical insights on key recurring issues in his work: the
symbiosis of German and Jewish culture; emerging nationalism among
the European peoples; critical views of Romanticism and modern
philosophy; European culture on the threshold to modernity; irony,
wit, and self-critique as requisite elements of a modern aesthetic;
changing views on teleology and the dialectics of history; and
final thoughts and reconsiderations from his last, prolonged years
in a sickbed. Contributors: Michael Perraudin, Paul Peters, Roger
F. Cook, Willi Goetschel, Gerhard Hoehn, Paul Reitter, Robert C.
Holub, Jeffrey Grossman, Anthony Phelan, Joseph A. Kruse, and
George F. Peters. Roger F. Cook is Professor of German at the
University of Missouri, Columbia.
'The Voice of the People' presents a series of essays on literary
aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late 18th century
to the beginning of the 20th.
'The Voice of the People' presents a series of essays on literary
aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth
century to the beginning of the twentieth. The essays discuss the
purposes of the folk revival, as well as its various forms and
genres. Several prominent European literary figures are studied,
but most of the focus is placed on the anonymous authors of the
European folk tradition.
Between the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, poverty reached new
extremes in Germany, as in other European countries, and gave rise
to a class of disaffected poor, leading to the widespread
expectation of a social revolution. Whether welcomed or feared, it
dominated private and public debate to a larger extent than is
generally assumed as is shown in this study on the reflections in
literature of what was called the "Social Question." Examining
works by Heine, Eichendorff, Nestroy, Buchner, Grillparzer, and
Theodor Storm, the author reveals an acute awareness of political
issues in an era in literature which is often seen as tending to
quiescence and withdrawal from public preoccupations.
As the most prominent German-Jewish Romantic writer, Heinrich Heine
(1797-1856) became a focal point for much of the tension generated
by the Jewish assimilation to German culture in a time marked by a
growing emphasis on the shared ancestry of the German Volk. As both
an ingenious composer of Romantic verse and the originator of
modernist German prose, he defied nationalist-Romantic concepts of
creative genius that grounded German greatness in an idealist
tradition of Dichter und Denker. And as a brash, often reckless
champion of freedom and social justice, he challenged not only the
reactionary ruling powers of Restoration Germany but also the
incipient nationalist ideology that would have fateful consequences
for the new Germany--consequences he often portended with a
prophetic vision born of his own experience. Reaching to the heart
of the German question, ' the controversies surrounding Heine have
been as intense since his death as they were in his own lifetime,
often serving as an acid test for important questions of national
and social consciousness. This new volume of essays by scholars
from Germany, Britain, Canada, and the United States offers new
critical insights on key recurring issues in his work: the
symbiosis of German and Jewish culture; emerging nationalism among
the European peoples; critical views of Romanticism and modern
philosophy; European culture on the threshold to modernity; irony,
wit, and self-critique as requisite elements of a modern aesthetic;
changing views on teleology and the dialectics of history; and
final thoughts and reconsiderations from his last, prolonged years
in a sickbed. Contributors: Michael Perraudin, Paul Peters, Roger
F. Cook, Willi Goetschel, Gerhard Hohn, Paul Reitter, Robert C.
Holub, Jeffrey Grossman, Anthony Phelan, Joseph A. Kruse, and
George F. Peters. Roger F. Cook is professor of German at the
University of Missouri, Columbia.
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