Transatlantic Crossings and Transformations
Subtitle: German-American Cultural Transfer from the 18th to the End of the 19th Century
Publisher: Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 2015
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9783631651063
Subjects: Culture diffusion; Transcendentalism (new england); American literature, history and criticism, 1783-1850; American literature, history and criticism, 19th century; Germany, relations
Description: "This volume attempts for the first time a comprehensive view of the momentous process of German-American cultural transfer during the 18th and 19th centuries, which played an important part in the formation of an American national and cultural identity, a process to which the New England Transcendentalists contributed some of the decisive ingredients, but which has largely escaped the attention of German and American scholarship. In each chapter a specific problem is treated systematically from a clearly defined perspective, deficiencies of existing translation theories are exposed, so that in the concluding chapters 13 and 14 (with an unpublished memorandum by Alexander von Humboldt) a cohesive view of the entire process emerges. A comprehensive bibliography will facilitate further scholarly pursuits"--Provided by publisher.