Poets of Protest : Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vorm?arz Literature.

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 analy...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michael Rodegang Drescher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: transcript Verlag, 2016.
Colección:American Culture Studies ; 18
Temas:
1800-1899
Mythology in literature.
Myth in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
National characteristics, German, in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Mythologie dans la littérature.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
American literature
German literature
Myth in literature
Mythology in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
National characteristics, German, in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • The Pushing of Horizons
  • 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Opening of Fences
  • 3. Karl Gutzkow's Wally, die Zweiflerin and the Despair of Artificiality
  • The Treading of Pathways
  • 4. William Wells Brown's Clotel and the Puritan Voyage Reversed
  • 5. Heinrich Heine's Wintermärchen and the Laughter of the Age
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Works Cited.

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