Poets of Protest : Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vormärz Literature
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| Title: | Poets of Protest : Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vormärz Literature |
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| Description: | Michael Drescher analyzes national mythologies in American and German literature. He focuses on processes of mythological resignification, a literary phenomenon carrying significant implications for questions of identity, democracy, and nationalism in Europe and America. Precise narratological analyses are paired with detailed, transnational readings of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Gutzkow's Wally, die Zweiflerin, Brown's Clotel, and Heine's Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen. The study marries literature, mythology, and politics and contributes to the study of American and German literature at large. |
| Authors: | Michael Rodegang Drescher |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | American literature--19th century--History and criticism, German literature--19th century--History and criticism, National characteristics, German, in literature, Mythology in literature, Myth in literature, National characteristics, American, in literature |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Michael Drescher analyzes national mythologies in American and German literature. He focuses on processes of mythological resignification, a literary phenomenon carrying significant implications for questions of identity, democracy, and nationalism in Europe and America. Precise narratological analyses are paired with detailed, transnational readings of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Gutzkow's Wally, die Zweiflerin, Brown's Clotel, and Heine's Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen. The study marries literature, mythology, and politics and contributes to the study of American and German literature at large. |
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| ISBN: | 9783837637458 9783839437452 |
