Inventing the German Nation in Travel Literature, 1738-1839

Argues that German national identity was fostered, and even invented, in and through travelogues and other travel writing.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. On the Beaten Track: Foreign Travel in Germany, 1749-1839
2. Travel and Exploration in Cotta's Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände, 1807-1828
3. Discovering the Nation within: Domestic Travelogues, 1781-1821
4. The German Homeland in Das malerische und romantische Deutschland in zehn Sektionen
5. Finding the Proto-Nation at the Spa

Conclusion
Appendix: Travelogues used in Data Set
Works Cited
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index

About the author

Karin Baumgartner

Summary

Argues that German national identity was fostered, and even invented, in and through travelogues and other travel writing.

Product details

• Authors: Karin Baumgartner, Karin (Customer) Baumgartner
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781640141384
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-138-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories