Bøker av Jeffrey L. Sammons

In this study of the prose fiction of Das Junge Deutschland, the internal stresses and paradoxes of specific texts are examined and special attention is devoted to the unfulfilled strivings toward realism. These essays attempt to enhance the understanding of the post-Romantic crisis in German literature.

A study of German fiction about America in the nineteenth century that concentrates on three writers: Charles Sealsfield, an escaped Moravian monk who came to New Orleans in 1823; Friedrich Gerstacker, who produced a large body of fiction, travel reportage, and emigration advice; and Karl May, who wrote adventure stories set in an imaginary West.

Seitdem der einst prominente Realist Friedrich Spielhagen (1829-1911) schon zu Lebzeiten entkanonisiert wurde, konzentriert sich das Interesse auf die mit Besessenheit propagierte "objektive" Erzähltheorie oder die ersten Romane bis zu »Sturmflut« (1877), als er noch ein Vierteljahrhundert von oppositionellen und satirischen Erzählwerken vor sich hatte. Diese Studie berücksichtigt die ganze Laufbahn, läßt aber die theoretischen Bemühungen weitgehend beiseite, um die späteren Romane zu akzentuieren, in denen er das Wilhelminische Reich an seinen aus dem Vormärz geretteten Idealen von Freiheit und Demokratie mißt, während er sich auf die Sozialdemokratie und den Zolaschen Realismus zubewegt.

The book is divided into three parts: an overview of Raabc's career, his problems with the public, and the early reception history that did so much to damage his reputation; thematic analyses that seek to release him from received opinions concerning the nature and quality of his oeuvre by exhibiting his versatility and polyperspectivism; and interpretations of individual works.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.