Fontane in the twenty-first century / edited by John B. Lyon and Brian Tucker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyon, John B., 1966- editor.

Tucker, Brian, 1976- editor.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898--Criticism and interpretation.

Fontane, Theodor.

Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898--Influence.

Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Fontane in the 21st century

Place of Publication:

Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019.

Summary:

"Theodor Fontane remains a canonical figure in German literature, the most important representative of poetic realism, and likely the best German-language novelist between Goethe and Mann, yet scholarly attention to his works often lags behind his stature, at least in the English-speaking academy. This volume, coinciding with Fontane's 200th birthday in 2019, assesses the relevance of his works for us today and also draws attention to the most current English-language research. Much has changed in the last two decades in critical theory, and the volume highlights how new methodological approaches and new archival research can update our understanding of Fontane's works. Although his novels are famously rooted in the details of quotidian life in nineteenth-century Germany, they also reflect larger historical transformations that resonate with our world today (e.g., financial crisis, class conflict, changing gender roles, and migration) and so speak to contemporary critical interests. The volume's contributors draw on literary and cultural studies approaches including gender and sexuality studies, emotion studies, transnationalism and globalization, media and visual studies, rhetorical criticism, paratextual criticism, and digital humanities. Their contributions survey a wide range of Fontane's literary production in order to speak to both German and non-German audiences in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Fontane in the twenty-first century / John B. Lyon and Brian Tucker

Narrative digression and the transformation of nationhood in Vor dem Sturm / Russell A. Berman

Nasty women : female anger as moral judgment in Grete Minde and Effi Briest / Holly A. Yanacek

Performing the philistine : gossip as a narrative device and a strategy for reflection on anti-Semitism in Theodor Fontane's L'adultera / Nicolas von Passavant

To have an eye : visual culture and the misapprehension of class in Irrungen, Wirrungen / Brian Tucker

Fontane as a pacifist? the antiwar message in Quitt and Fontane's changing attitude to militarism / James N. Bade

Disjunctive transnationalisms in Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel / John B. Lyon

On the "right measure" in Effi Briest : ethics and aesthetics of the prosaic / Katharina Adeline Engler-Coldren

Transfiguration, effect, and engagement : Theodor Fontane's aesthetic thought / Michael J. White

Fontane and world literature : Prussians, Jews, and the specter of Africa in Die Poggenpuhls / Todd Kontje

Von Zwanzig bis dreissig : the male author in parts / Lynne Tatlock

Melusine von Barby's barriers and connections in Fontane's Der Stechlin / Christian Thomas

Senescence and Fontane's Der Stechlin / Ervin Malakaj.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Berman, Russell A., 1950- Narrative digression and the transformation of nationhood in Vor dem Sturm.

ISBN:

9781640140097

1640140093

OCLC:

1061302982