Kniha Mediating the Past Alyssa A. Lonner

Mediating the Past

Gustav Freytag, Progress, and German Historical Identity, 1848-1871

Jazyk: Angličtina
Väzba: Brožovaná
Vydavateľ: Verlag Peter Lang
Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa
Odosielame za 8-11 dní
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As one of the most widely read German authors of the nineteenth century, Gustav Freytag (1816-1895)...

Informácie o knihe

Jazyk
Angličtina
Väzba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydalo
2005
Stránok
255
EAN
9783039103317
ISBN
9783039103317
Enbook ID
10024912
Vydavateľ
Hmotnosť
384
Rozmery
226 x 152 x 17

Kompletný popis

As one of the most widely read German authors of the nineteenth century, Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) continues to be associated with the middle class and the progress it enjoyed. Yet while his best-selling novel Soll und Haben (1855) and its lesser-known successor Die verlorene Handschrift (1864) owed their vast commercial success largely to their buoyant message of bourgeois advancement, they simultaneously devote significant attention to elements of traditional German society. In exploring Freytag's dual roles as both a novelist of contemporary middle-class life and a cultural historian, this book uncovers the author's divergent - and ostensibly conflicting - desire both to embrace progress and commemorate the past. Investigating his literary engagement with three central elements of Germany's historical identity - the pervasiveness of folk beliefs, a strong identification with rural life, and the continued presence of the aristocracy - this study shows how Freytag attempts to locate these constituents of pre-industrial Germany in a modern, industrial nation, and in doing so contributes to a historically anchored national identity in which material and political progress coexist with a rich heritage and ancient traditions.

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