Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century

John B. Lyon; Brian Tucker

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Lyon, John B. and Tucker, Brian. "Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century". Fontane in the Twenty-First Century, edited by John B. Lyon, Brian Tucker, Brian Tucker, Christian Thomas, Ervin Malakaj, Holly A. Yanacek, James N. Bade, John B. Lyon, Katharina Adeline Engler-Coldren, Lynne Tatlock, Michael Michael White, Nicolas von Passavant, Russell A. Berman and Todd Kontje, Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, 2019, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787444669-002

Lyon, J. & Tucker, B. (2019). Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century. In J. Lyon, B. Tucker, B. Tucker, C. Thomas, E. Malakaj, H. Yanacek, J. Bade, J. Lyon, K. Engler-Coldren, L. Tatlock, M. Michael White, N. Passavant, R. Berman & T. Kontje (Ed.), Fontane in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 1-11). Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787444669-002

Lyon, J. and Tucker, B. 2019. Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century. In: Lyon, J., Tucker, B., Tucker, B., Thomas, C., Malakaj, E., Yanacek, H., Bade, J., Lyon, J., Engler-Coldren, K., Tatlock, L., Michael White, M., Passavant, N., Berman, R. and Kontje, T. ed. Fontane in the Twenty-First Century. Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787444669-002

Lyon, John B. and Tucker, Brian. "Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century" In Fontane in the Twenty-First Century edited by John B. Lyon, Brian Tucker, Brian Tucker, Christian Thomas, Ervin Malakaj, Holly A. Yanacek, James N. Bade, John B. Lyon, Katharina Adeline Engler-Coldren, Lynne Tatlock, Michael Michael White, Nicolas von Passavant, Russell A. Berman and Todd Kontje, 1-11. Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787444669-002

Lyon J, Tucker B. Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century. In: Lyon J, Tucker B, Tucker B, Thomas C, Malakaj E, Yanacek H, Bade J, Lyon J, Engler-Coldren K, Tatlock L, Michael White M, Passavant N, Berman R, Kontje T (ed.) Fontane in the Twenty-First Century. Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer; 2019. p.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787444669-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century 1
1: Narrative Digression and the Transformation of Nationhood in Vor dem Sturm 12
2: Nasty Women: Female Anger as Moral Judgment in Grete Minde and Effi Briest 31
3: Performing the Philistine: Gossip as a Narrative Device and a Strategy for Reflection on Anti-Semitism in Theodor Fontane’s L’Adultera 48
4: To Have an Eye: Visual Culture and the Misapprehension of Class in Irrungen, Wirrungen 63
5: Fontane as a Pacifist? The Antiwar Message in Quitt (1890) and Fontane’s Changing Attitude to Militarism 84
6: Disjunctive Transnationalisms in Fontane’s Frau Jenny Treibel 103
7: On the “Right Measure” in Effi Briest: Ethics and Aesthetics of the Prosaic 121
8: Transfiguration, Effect, and Engagement: Theodor Fontane’s Aesthetic Thought 142
9: Fontane and World Literature: Prussians, Jews, and the Specter of Africa in Die Poggenpuhls 161
10: Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig: The Male Author in Parts 185
11: Melusine von Barby’s Barriers and Connections in Fontane’s Der Stechlin 213
12: Senescence and Fontane’s Der Stechlin 232
Contributors 247
Index 251

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century 1
1: Narrative Digression and the Transformation of Nationhood in Vor dem Sturm 12
2: Nasty Women: Female Anger as Moral Judgment in Grete Minde and Effi Briest 31
3: Performing the Philistine: Gossip as a Narrative Device and a Strategy for Reflection on Anti-Semitism in Theodor Fontane’s L’Adultera 48
4: To Have an Eye: Visual Culture and the Misapprehension of Class in Irrungen, Wirrungen 63
5: Fontane as a Pacifist? The Antiwar Message in Quitt (1890) and Fontane’s Changing Attitude to Militarism 84
6: Disjunctive Transnationalisms in Fontane’s Frau Jenny Treibel 103
7: On the “Right Measure” in Effi Briest: Ethics and Aesthetics of the Prosaic 121
8: Transfiguration, Effect, and Engagement: Theodor Fontane’s Aesthetic Thought 142
9: Fontane and World Literature: Prussians, Jews, and the Specter of Africa in Die Poggenpuhls 161
10: Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig: The Male Author in Parts 185
11: Melusine von Barby’s Barriers and Connections in Fontane’s Der Stechlin 213
12: Senescence and Fontane’s Der Stechlin 232
Contributors 247
Index 251

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