New approaches to Theodor Fontane
Subtitle: cultural codes in flux
By: edited by Marion Doebeling.
Contributors: Villmar-Doebeling, Marion, 1961-
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Columbia, Sc
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Realism in literature.
Description: "This collection of essays offers eight perspectives on the novels and essays of Theodor Fontane (1819-1898).

While Fontane scholarship has primarily focused on the "objective" portrayal of nineteenth-century German/Prussian culture and on the authenticity with which his work supposedly mirrors social reality, this collection investigates rhetorical and communicative patterns in his works that call this mirroring effect into question, emphasizing the difficulty - and ultimate impossibility - of "realist" representation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index.