Theodor Fontane : literature and history in the Bismarck Reich / Gordon A. Craig.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913-2005.

Standardized Title:

• Über Fontane. English

Language:

• English
• German

Subjects (All):

• Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898.
• Authors, German--19th century--Biography.
• Authors, German.
• Germany--History--1789-1900.
• Germany.
• History.
• Prussia (Germany)--History--1789-1900.
• Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898--Biography.
• Novelists, German--19th century--Biography.

Local Subjects:

• Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898--Biography.
• Novelists, German--19th century--Biography.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 232 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

First published in Germany to popular and critical acclaim, this is a unique portrait of the life and work of Theodor Fontane, the great historical novelist, critic, poet, and travel writer of nineteenth-century Germany. Gordon A. Craig, one of our foremost scholars of German history, interpolates a cohesive historical biography of Fontane with his own reflections on the art, culture, and politics of Fontane's world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.

ISBN:

0195128370

OCLC:

40126941