America in Imaginative German Literature in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century / Paul C. Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Paul C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--19th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1926]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines how the United States was presented to the German reader during the first half of the nineteenth century through imaginative literature. Follows this theme chronologically through the literary resources from 1800 to 1850.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I. The Awakening of Interest in America in German Literature from 1775 to 1800

Chapter II. The Era of Romanticism

Chapter III. Travel Literature

Chapter IV. Ethnographical Novels

Chapter V. Austrian Writers

Chapter VI. Romantic-Realistic Literature

Chapter VII. Emigration Literature

Chapter VIII. America in the Literature of Young Germany

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231877848

0231877846

OCLC:

1100436116