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America in Imaginative German Literature in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Contents IX
Introduction XIII
Chapter I. The Awakening of Interest in America in German Literature from 1775 to 1800 1
Chapter II. The Era of Romanticism 43
Chapter III. Travel Literature 102
Chapter IV. Ethnographical Novels 120
Chapter V. Austrian Writers 159
Chapter VI. Romantic-Realistic Literature 179
Chapter VII. Emigration Literature 201
Chapter VIII. America in the Literature of Young Germany 235
Conclusion 267
Bibliography 278
Index 297

https://doi.org/10.7312/webe90258-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Contents IX
Introduction XIII
Chapter I. The Awakening of Interest in America in German Literature from 1775 to 1800 1
Chapter II. The Era of Romanticism 43
Chapter III. Travel Literature 102
Chapter IV. Ethnographical Novels 120
Chapter V. Austrian Writers 159
Chapter VI. Romantic-Realistic Literature 179
Chapter VII. Emigration Literature 201
Chapter VIII. America in the Literature of Young Germany 235
Conclusion 267
Bibliography 278
Index 297

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