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Frontier and Utopia in the Fiction of Charles Sealsfield
Jerry Schuchalter
其他書名
A Study of the Lebensbilder Aus Der Westlichen Hemisphäre
出版P. Lang, 1986
主題Literary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / GermanLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & EthnicitySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General
ISBN38204915039783820491500
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3m5cAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This study examines the work of Charles Sealsfield (1793-1864), the Moravian-American writer, whose fiction marked the first serious literary treatment of America in the German language. More specifically, Sealsfield's work is discussed in the light of his experience in America and, above all, in the light of his change of identity from Karl Anton Postl - Moravian monk to Charles Sealsfield - American writer. It employs two concepts - frontier and utopia - to show how Sealsfield was influenced by the antebellum tradition in America, and how he, in turn, used the governing myths and symbols of his time to create an important statement about the relationship between ideology and power in the Age of Jackson.