Germany, a literary anthology : beyond the enchanted forest / edited by Brian Melican.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melican, Brian, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel writing--Germany.

Travel writing.

Germany--Literary collections.

Germany.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xx, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Other Title:

Germany, beyond the enchanted forest

Place of Publication:

Northampton MA : Interlink Books, 2014.

Summary:

"German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour," wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during World War I. When, he asked, had the bristling general replaced the "philosophers and composers and bandsmen and peasants and students drinking and singing in harmony?" The enchanted forest, symbol of Romantic idealism and traditional folktales, had given way to other images of Germany and Germans. By following Fermor, and over eighty other North American and British literary visitors, this original anthology shows how generations of English-speaker shave depicted Germany. Starting in the sixteenth century, Brian Melican presents a wide range of writing about, or set in, Germany, Letters from Johnsonians such as Boswell and Garrick; Romantic poets Coleridge and Wordsworth; the journals of Herman Melville and Henry James; antebellum fiction by authors such as D. H. Lawrence and Ford Madox Ford: all of this and more reveals an oft-forgotten richness in encounters with Germany before the horrors of the twentieth century. Work by Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender, and wartime reporters through the 1940s exposes the country's darkest moments, and surprising takes on the conflict emerge from authors inside Germany such as Christabel Bielenberg and Michael Howard. Post-war writing ranges from the spy fiction of Len Deighton to writers who dissected post-Nazi Germany. Germany's image has changed dramatically across the centuries. Yet views on many of its features, especially its cities and rivers, customs, and cuisine, have often remained constant. This anthology offers a range of opinions, both typical and atypical of their time, and invites readers to venture beyond the usual discussion. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Triple Dutch: Teutons, Alemans, and Germans 1589-1700 1

At the Birth of Travel Writing 2

Germany: A New Word for an Old Place 3

Letters / Henry Wotton Wotton, Henry 4

An Itinerary / Fynes Moryson Moryson, Fynes 6

Coryat's crudities / Thomas Coryate Coryate, Thomas 9

Taylor his travels / John Taylor Taylor, John 11

2 From Berlin to Coswig: New Pomp and Old Squalor 1700-1 800 15

Men of Letters 17

Petty Princes and Courageous Kings 18

Letters / Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph 19

Letters / Mary Wortley Montagu Montagu, Mary Wortley 20

Letters / David Hume Hume, David 21

The journal of his German and Swiss Travels / James Boswell Boswell, James 24

Letters / David Garrick Garrick, David 26

Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna / Nathaniel Wraxall Wraxall, Nathaniel 27

A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and Germany / John Moore Moore, John 29

3 The Call of the Kulturnation Germany and the Romantics 1787-1817 32

The First Gernunophiles 34

Great Men in Mediocre Surroundings 35

Letters / Dorothy, William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William 36

Letters / Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 39

Letters / Henry Crabb Robinson Robinson, Henry Crabb 41

History of a Six Weeks' Tour / Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley Wollstonecraft-Shelley, Mary, Percy Bysshe-Shelley Bysshe-Shelley, Percy 45

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus / Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley Wollstonecraft-Shelley, Mary 47

4 Echoes of Goethe on the Eve of Bismarck. 1820-1860 50

From Worthy Learners to Merciless Satirists 52

The Last Nap of the "Sleepy" Germans 53

A Tour to the Rhine / William Meredith Meredith, William 54

Letters / William Makepeace Thackeray Thackeray, William Makepeace 56

Francis Bond Head, Bubbles font the Brunnens of Nassau by an Old Man 59

Letters / Thomas Hood Hood, Thomas 61

Up the Rhine / Thomas Hood Hood, Thomas 62

Letters / Elisabeth Gaskell Gaskell, Elisabeth 64

Journal of a Tour to London and the Continent / Herman Melville Melville, Herman 67

Letters / George Eliot Eliot, George 69

5 "The German" Replaces Germans: The Rise of Jingoism 1860-1900 72

Funny Foreigners-and Funny English-speakers 74

Enchanted Forests and Prussian Soldiers 75

Letters / Henry James James, Henry 76

A Tramp Abroad / Mark Twain Twain, Mark 79

Around the World on a Bicycle / Thomas Stevens Stevens, Thomas 82

Miss Träumerei / Albert Morris Bagby Bagby, Albert Morris 86

Three Men on the Bummel / Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. 89

6 Close Connections and Opposing Policies 1900-1920 93

Masterpieces of English Literature about Germany 95

Germans: Lucullans against Draconians 96

The Prussian Officer / D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. 97

Letters / T S. Eliot Eliot, T S. 98

An English Wife in Berlin / Evelyn Princess Blücher Blücher, Evelyn Princess 100

The Good Solider / Lord Madox Ford Ford, Lord Madox 104

Notes on Life and Letters / Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 107

Goodbye to All That / Robert Graves Graves, Robert 109

7 From 1920s Bohemia to 1930s Germania 1925-1935 111

The Weimar Republic: From Zenith to Nadir 113

Delayed Publication 114

The Temple / Stephen Spender Spender, Stephen 115

Goodbye to Berlin / Christopher Isherwood Isherwood, Christopher 116

Mr. Norris and I / Gerald Hamilton Hamilton, Gerald 118

A Time of Gifts / Patrick Leigh Fermor Fermor, Patrick Leigh 119

My Years in Germany / Martha Dodd Dodd, Martha 121

Unity Mitford, Letters 125

8 Writing through the Nazi Stranglehold 1935-1939 128

Diaries and Columns 130

Germanophiles in the Shadow of Censorship 131

Diary / Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia 132

German Diaries / Samuel Beckett Beckett, Samuel 133

I Have a Thing to Tell You / Thomas Wolfe Wolfe, Thomas 134

Forum of Fact and Opinion (Pittsburgh Courier) / W. E. B. Dubois Dubois, W. E. B. 137

The Last Enemy / Richard Hillary Hillary, Richard 140

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent / William Shirer Shirer, William 142

9 From the Darkest Hour to Stunde Null 1940-1950 145

Journalists, Civilians, Combatants 147

Rabid Nazis and Reluctant Soldiers 148

Last Train from Berlin / Howard K. Smith Smith, Howard K. 149

Assignment to Berlin / Harry Flannery Flannery, Harry 151

Yes, Farewell / Michael Burn Burn, Michael 155

The Past is Myself / Christabel Bielenberg Bielenberg, Christabel 157

Diary / Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn 160

Otherwise Occupied / Michael Howard Howard, Michael 162

10 Spy Fiction and the State of the Nation 1950-1983 164

Observers of the New Germany 166

From Excitement to Routine 167

Diaries / Tony Benn Benn, Tony 168

The New Europeans / Anthony Sampson Sampson, Anthony 170

Armageddon / Leon Uris Uris, Leon 172

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / John le Carré Carré, John le 175

Which Way Germany? / Harry Flannery Flannery, Harry 176

The Boy Who Followed Ripley / Patricia Highsmith Highsmith, Patricia 179

Your Swabian Neighbours / Bob Larson Larson, Bob 181

Berlin Game / Len Deighton Deighton, Len 182

11 A Dying Dictatorship and Instant "Ostalgia" 1982-1999 185

Caught by Surprise in 1989 187

The Return of Light-heartedness 188

The Germans / Gordon Craig Craig, Gordon 189

Germany and the Germans / John Ardagh Ardagh, John 191

USAREUR: The United States Army in Europe / Michael Skinner Skinner, Michael 193

Neither Here nor There / Bill Bryson Bryson, Bill 196

Once Upon a Time in the East / Dave Rimmer Rimmer, Dave 197

The File / Timothy Garton Ash Ash, Timothy Garton 199

12 BerLin Hype, Globalization, and the Role of History 2000- 203

Academics, Journalists, Authors 205

Rhapsody / Robert Ford Ford, Robert 208

Secret Father / James Carroll Carroll, James 209

A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People / Steven Ozment Ozment, Steven 212

The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany / Michael Gorra Gorra, Michael 213

A Year in the Scheisse / Roger Boyes Boyes, Roger 215

Springtime for Germany / Ben Donald Donald, Ben 217

This Must Be the Place / Anna Winger Winger, Anna 219

A Quiet Flame / Philip Kerr Kerr, Philip 220

Earth to Kat Vespucci / Ingrid Anders Anders, Ingrid 222

Half-Blood Blues / Esi Edugyan Edugyan, Esi 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781566569682

1566569680

OCLC:

870439182