Georg Forster - German Cosmopolitan

Examines the life and work of writer and political activist Georg Forster (1754-1794), a participant in Captain Cook's second voyage and one of the leading figures in the Mainz Republic.

About the author

Todd Kontje is Distinguished Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of several books, including German Orientalisms; Thomas Mann's World: Empire, Race, and the Jewish Question; and Imperial Fictions: German Literature Before and Beyond the Nation-State.

Summary

Examines the life and work of writer and political activist Georg Forster (1754-1794), a participant in Captain Cook’s second voyage and one of the leading figures in the Mainz Republic.

Product details

• Authors: Todd Kontje, Todd (University of California Kontje, Kontje Todd
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2022
• EAN: 9780271093260
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09326-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Max Kade Research Institute
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Biography: literary, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, german, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military