Poets of Protest
Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vormärz Literature
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Beschreibung
Narratological readings of Hawthorne, Gutzkow, Brown, and Heine reveal the literary democratization of mythologies.
Michael Drescher analyzes national mythologies in American and German literature. He focuses on processes of mythological resignification, a literary phenomenon carrying significant implications for questions of identity, democracy, and nationalism in Europe and America. Precise narratological analyses are paired with detailed, transnational readings of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Gutzkow's Wally, die Zweiflerin, Brown's Clotel, and Heine's Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen. The study marries literature, mythology, and politics and contributes to the study of American and German literature at large.
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Michael Rodegang Drescher
Themen in »Poets of Protest«
Mythology Mythology Antebellum America Antebellum America Vormärz Germany Vormärz Germany Politics Politics National Identity National Identity Narratology Narratology Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Karl Gutzkow