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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Karin Baumgartner

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karin Baumgartner, Karin (Customer) Baumgartner
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781640141384
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-138-4
• Pagine: 290
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 558 g
• Serie: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica tedesca; letteratura in lingua tedesca