Format:
1 Online-Resource (254 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-4725-4376-9
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978-1-4411-1701-4
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1-4411-1701-6
Series Statement:
New directions in German studies
Note:
Erscheinungsjahr der Druckausgabe 2013
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FC; New Directions in German Studies; Volumes in the series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Introduction: Displacement and German Realism; 1 Place and Displacement in Berlin, 1848-1900; 2 Wilhelm Raabe and Modernity: Realism's Trajectory of Place; 3 Dynamic Places in Theodor Fontane's Irrungen Wirrungen; 4 Allegorical Place in Gottfried Keller's Martin Salander; Conclusion: Place Today-Politics and Humanity; Bibliography; Index
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In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response to increased industrialization and urbanization, the expansion of international capitalism, and the extension of railway and other travel networks, the sense of being connected to a specific place gave way to an unsettling sense of displacement. John Lyon analyzes works of three major representatives of German Realism-Wilhelm Raabe, Theodor Fontane, and Gottfried Keller-within this historical context. It situates the perceived loss of place evident in their texts within the contempo
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lyon, John Out of Place : German Realism, displacement and modernity ISBN 978-1-4411-3340-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
1819-1898 Fontane, Theodor
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1819-1890 Keller, Gottfried
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1831-1910 Raabe, Wilhelm
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Raum
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Entfremdung
DOI:
10.5040/9781472543769
Author information:
Lyon, John B., 1966-,
