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Author:

Peterson, Brent Orlyn.

Title:

History, fiction, and Germany : writing the nineteenth-century nation / Brent O. Peterson.

Publisher:

Wayne State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

vii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

German literature--19th century--History and criticism
Historical fiction, German--History and criticism.
National characteristics, German, in literature.
National characteristics, German--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

How Prussian heroes came to dominate Germany's national narrative -- The past as history and fiction -- Caste and regional identities -- From Frederick the Great to Old Fritz -- Explaining Jena -- The German people arise, and marry -- The myth of a common past.

Series:

Kritik

ISBN:

9780814332009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0814332005 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55887360

LCCN:

2004015829

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)