Die deutsche Amerika-Auswanderung des 19. Jahrhunderts in der zeitgenössischen fiktionalen Literatur
By: Juliane Mikoletzky.
Series: Studien und Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur,; Bd. 23
Publisher: M. Niemeyer
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: ger
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: German fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Immigrants in literature.; German Americans in literature.; United States in literature.
Other titles: Deutsche Amerika-Auswanderung des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts in der zeitgenössischen fiktionalen Literatur.
Description: Analyzes 160 novels and stories published between 1835-1905 to prove the usefulness of 19th century German fiction as a source of factual data on the emigration boom to the US.  Compares the fictional accounts of emigration and acculturation processes to the reality.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 369-400.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1986/87.
Includes index.