Poets of Protest
Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vormärz 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 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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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1. Introduction
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The Pushing of Horizons
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Opening of Fences
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3. Karl Gutzkow's Wally, die Zweiflerin and the Despair of Artificiality
Seiten 105 - 172 -
The Treading of Pathways
4. William Wells Brown's Clotel and the Puritan Voyage Reversed
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5. Heinrich Heine's Wintermärchen and the Laughter of the Age
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6. Conclusion
Seiten 283 - 302 -
Works Cited
Seiten 303 - 312
19 January 2017, 312 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3745-8
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