Italy in the German literary imagination
Subtitle: Goethe's "Italian journey" and its reception by Eichendorff, Platen, and Heine
By: Gretchen L. Hachmeister.
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.; Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1788-1857 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Platen, August, Graf von, 1796-1835 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Italy -- In literature.; German literature -- Italian influences.; German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1: Goethe: Anticipation, Hesitation, nd Preparation for Italy; title: 2: Rewriting the Journey: Goethe Remembers Italy; title: 3: Romische Elegien; title: 4: Eichendorff and the Romantic Return to Italy; title: 5: Platen's Sonette aus Venedig and the Post-Romantic Aestheticization of Italy; title: 6: Subverting Tradition: Heine and the German Myth of Italy; title: Conclusion.