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1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Images of Germany in America -- Discovering Germany: the early nineteenth century -- Differing responses: the late nineteenth century -- Transatlantic encounters: Fin-de-siècle estrangement -- Cultural conflict: the early twentieth century -- Interlude: before World War II -- The return of clichés: the World War II years -- The burden of the past: post-war Germany -- Conclusion: a look toward the future |
| Summary |
Waldemar Zacharasiewicz explores the cultural and historical background of the varied images of Germany and Germans in American literature throughout the past two centuries. Using an interdisciplinary approach known as comparative imagology, which borrows from social psychology and cultural anthropology, Zacharasiewicz samples a broad spectrum of original sources, including literary works, letters, diaries, autobiographical accounts, travelogues, newspaper reports, films, and even cartoons and political caricatures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
American literature -- Germany -- Influence
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Germans in literature.
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature
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Germans in literature
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Literature
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Germany -- In literature
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Germany -- Symbolic representation.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005002528
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587297786 |
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1587297787 |
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