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Gustav Freytag and the Prussian Gospel: Novels, Liberalism, and History

Gustav Freytag and the Prussian Gospel: Novels, Liberalism, and History

Ping, Larry L.
Sammons, Jeffrey L.

Paperback

Series: North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literatu, Book 37

Literary CriticismGerman History

ISBN10: 3039105450
ISBN13: 9783039105458
Publisher: Peter Lang Uk
Published: Dec 29 2005
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Spanning the worlds of literature and the history profession, the Prussian novelist and historian Gustav Freytag (1816-95) was influential in shaping opinion for his generation of liberals. Best known as the author of the popular novel Soll und Haben (1855), Freytag represented the views of a generation of National Liberals in the debate over Jewish assimilation, political reform in Prussia, and German unification. This new study places Freytag in his proper political and social context as a member of an elite of academic historians and liberal publicists who promoted German unification. Alongside colleagues like Theodor Mommsen and Heinrich von Treitschke, Freytag worked to create a progressive, Prussian historical myth for the new Germany. Although the author addresses Freytag's well-earned reputation for anti-Jewish prejudice, the primary focus of the work is to explore the mental world of a significant, but often overlooked, German historian. Focusing upon Gustav Freytag as a representative figure, this book explores the contribution of the German history profession to German liberalism and political culture.

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