Theodor Fontane: The Major Novels

Klappentext This 1982 book examines the novels of Theodor Fontane, one of the most important German novelists of the nineteenth century. He has been well served by English translations and is now regarded as a writer of international standing. Professor Bance begins by setting Fontane's work in the context of nineteenth-century Europe in general, and Germany in particular, which was struggling with its late modernization. The increasing materialism of modern industrial society found its literary correlative in the rise of prose fiction to supplant poetry as the predominant literary mode. Fontane's career reflects this development: beginning as a writer of ballads and balladesque novels, he gradually developed into a realistic novelist capable of treating the most complex social relations. Professor Bance argues that Fontane's œuvre can be seen in terms of a tension between a desire to present the facts and a desire to assert some transcendent poetic truth. Zusammenfassung In this 1982 book, Professor Bance sets the novels of Theodor Fontane in the context of nineteenth-century Europe in order to demonstrate that his œouvre can be seen in terms of a tension between a desire to present the facts and a desire to assert some transcendent poetic truth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Poesie and Prosa; 3. Ellernklipp and Effi Briedt; 4. Irrungen, Wirrungen; 5. Unwiederbringlich; 6. Frau Jenny Treibel; 7. Die Poggenpuhls; 8. Der Stechlin; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Bance, Bance Alan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 24.06.2010
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780521155038
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15503-8
• Dimensions (packing): 14.3 x 22 x 1.8 cm
• Series: Print On Demand; Anglica Germanica Series 2; Print on Demand; Anglica Germanica Series 2
• Subjects: Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form