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Bezig met laden... Theodor Fontane: Literature and History in the Bismarck Reichdoor Gordon A. Craig
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First published in Germany to popular and critical acclaim, this is a unique portrait of the life and work of Theodor Fontane, the greatest German novelist of his age, as well as a major poet and theater critic and much loved travel writer. Gordon A. Craig, one of the foremost scholars ofGerman history, interpolates a cohesive historical biography of Fontane with his own reflections on the art, culture, and politics of Fontane's world.The ideas and impressions of Fontane and Craig echo one another throughout the book in compelling and fascinating ways. Fontane's travel accounts of Scotland and Prussia are enriched by Craig's discussion of Germany's increasingly national vision of itself and the world at the time of unification.Similarly, Craig's mastery of German military history dovetails remarkably well with Fontane's reportage on Germany's wars with Denmark, Austria, and France. Interesting are Fontane's ruminations over his great contemporary Otto von Bismarck, whom he revered as founder of the Reich but whosepolicies he feared would in the end be self-defeating.Although Fontane's Wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg and his novels are more widely read in Germany today than they were in his own time, and although his masterpiece Effi Briest was the basis for a famous Fassbinder film, Fontane remains little known in the English-speaking world. TheodorFontane is the ideal introduction to this major European writer, a master of social analysis and one of the great letter writers of his age. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)833.8Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Later 19th century 1856–1900LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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