Format:
viii, 345 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
ISBN:
9781640140943
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
"Two hundred years after his death, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) continues to resonate as a fascinating, ambivalent, and polarizing figure. Differences of opinion as to whether Bonaparte should be viewed as the executor of the principles of the French Revolution or as the figure who was principally responsible for their corruption are as pronounced today as they were at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Contributing to what had been an uneasy German relationship with the French Revolution, the rise of Bonaparte was accompanied by a pattern of Franco-German hostilities that inspired both enthusiastic support and outraged dissent in the German-speaking states. The fourteen essays that comprise Inspiration Bonaparte examine the mythologization of Napoleon in German literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explore the significant impact of Napoleonic occupation on a broad range of fields including philosophy, painting, politics, the sciences, education, and film. As the contributions from leading scholars emphasize, the contradictory attitudes toward Bonaparte held by so many prominent German thinkers are a reflection of his enduring status as a figure through whom the trauma of shattered late-Enlightenment expectations of sociopolitical progress and evolving concepts of identity politics is mediated. SeánAllan is Professor of German at the University of St Andrews. Jeffrey L. High is Professor of German Studies at California State University, Long Beach"--
Note:
In den Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data als Band 225 der Reihe bezeichnet
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-80010-241-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-80010-242-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821
;
Frankreich
;
Napoleonische Kriege
;
Einfluss
;
Beziehung
;
Gesellschaft
;
Deutschland
;
Geschichte 1789-1815
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
High, Jeffrey L.
Author information:
Allan, Seán 1961-
