History, Fiction, and Germany: Writing the Nineteenth-Century Nation Contributor(s): Peterson, Brent O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814332005 ISBN-13: 9780814332009 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $56.42 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2005 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 830.935 |
LCCN: 2004015829 |
Series: Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies |
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.3" W x 9.32" (1.33 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The German-speaking inhabitants of central Europe did not automatically think of themselves as "Germans"--not before 1871 and not always after unification. In fact, they spoke mutually incomprehensible dialects, owed allegiance to different leaders, worshiped in different churches, and would not have recognized each other's customs. If asked about their identity, these prospective Germans might have answered Austrian, Bavarian, or Prussian, and they could as easily have used more local labels or resorted to occupational markers. For this disparate population to think of itself as "German," that word had to acquire content--people had to learn a whole set of stories they could tell themselves and to others in answer to the question of identity. |