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Germany : Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melican, Brian.
- Series:
- Landscapes of the Imagination
- Landscapes of the Imagination ; v.4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--In literature.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Germany
- Place of Publication:
- Luton : Andrews UK, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during the First World War. 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 Leigh Fermor, and over eighty other British and Nor...
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Foreword; Introduction; Of Saxons and Saxe-Coburg-Gothas; From Rustic to Regimented ; About This Anthology; Germany; Chapter 1; At the Birth of Travel Writing; Germany: A New Word for an Old Place; Chapter 2; Men of Letters; Petty Princes and Courageous Kings; Chapter 3; The First Germanophiles; Great Men in Mediocre Surroundings; Chapter 4; From Worthy Learners to Merciless Satirists; The Last Nap of the "Sleepy" Germans; Chapter 5; Funny Foreigners - and Funny English-speakers
- Enchanted Forests and Prussian SoldiersChapter 6; Masterpieces of English Literature about Germany; Germans: Lucullans against Draconians; Chapter 7; The Weimar Republic: From Zenith to Nadir; Delayed Publication; Chapter 8; Diaries and Columns; Germanophiles in the Shadow of Censorship; Chapter 9; Journalists, Civilians, Combatants; Rabid Nazis and Reluctant Soldiers; Chapter 10; Observers of the New Germany; From Excitement to Routine; Chapter 11; Caught by Surprise in 1989; The Return of Light-heartedness; Chapter 12; Academics, Journalists, Authors; Back Matter
- Bibliography and Further ReadingFurther Reading; Acknowledgements; Thanks; Index; Also Available
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781908493903
- 1908493909
- 9781908493910
- 1908493917
- OCLC:
- 858762929
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