Theodor Fontane: Literature and History in the Bismarck ReichOxford University Press, 04.11.1999 - 256 Seiten 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 of German 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 whose policies 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. Theodor Fontane is the ideal introduction to this major European writer, a master of social analysis and one of the great letter writers of his age. |
Inhalt
History | 3 |
Scotland | 25 |
Wanderings | 48 |
War | 70 |
Bismarck | 96 |
Theater | 119 |
The Historical Novels | 145 |
The Novels of Society | 172 |
NOTES | 201 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 219 |
225 | |
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Theodor Fontane: Literature and History in the Bismarck Reich Gordon Alexander Craig Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
Theodor Fontane: Literature and History in the Bismarck Reich Gordon A. Craig Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirer Alexis's army Austrian Balladen und Gedichte ballads battle became become Berlin Berndt Bismarck Briefe Carayon castle Cécile century chancellor character critic Danish Der Stechlin described Die Poggenpuhls drama Düppel Effi Briest Emilie Fontane emperor everything feel Fontane wrote Fontane's France Frau French Friedrich Georg Friedländer German Goethe Havelland historian Ibid interest Jenseit des Tweed Karl kind king Küstrin L'Adultera later Lehnin Lepel letters Lewin literature lived Mann Mary Mathilde von Rohr military Missunde moral Munich never nobility novel Otto von Bismarck Paul Heyse perhaps Pfaueninsel play poems poet political Prince Prussian Quitzows readers Reuter Royal Theater Sämtliche Werke Schach von Wuthenow Schloß Scotland Scots Scott Scottish social society Stechlin Stine story Sturm talent Theodor Fontane Theodor Storm things Treibel Uriel Acosta Victoire victory Wanderings Wilhelm Hertz Willibald Alexis Wirrungen Wolf Jobst Siedler writing young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite ix - Shakspeare a poet. It is easy to describe second-rate talents, because they fall into a class and enlist under a standard : but first-rate powers defy calculation or comparison, and can be defined only by themselves. They are sui generis, and make the class to which they belong.
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