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Black devil and iron angel : the railway in nineteenth-century German realism / Paul A. Youngman.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Youngman, Paul A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Railroads in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 173 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Black devil & iron angel
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- History of the German Railway 4
- Purveyor of Culture or Culture Killer? 9
- Survey of Current Research 12
- Realism and the Railway 16
- Overview of the Primary Literature 23
- 2 Berthold Auerbach 27
- "Auf einem Acker an der Eisenbahn" 29
- Auerbach and Realism 31
- Straflinge 39
- Das Nest an der Bahn 45
- 3 Peter Rosegger 55
- Rosegger, Auerbach, and Realism 57
- Essays on Progress 60
- "Der Dorfbahnhof" 64
- Die neue Bahn 67
- Das ewige Licht 73
- 4 Theodor Fontane 84
- Fontane's Realism 86
- Cecile 89
- Effi Briest 100
- 5 Gerhart Hauptmann 109
- Hauptmann, Realism, and Mythology 112
- "Im Nachtzug" 115
- Bahnwarter Thiel 121
- 6 Max Eyth 128
- "Poesie und Technik" 130
- "Die Bruck' am Tay" 134
- Berufstragik 138
- Appendix A "Im Nachtzug" 155
- Appendix B "Die Bruck' am Tay" 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813214165
- OCLC:
- 56033361
- Publisher Number:
- 9780813214160
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