The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft)

The First Full-length Study Of The Main German Contributors To The Gothic Canon, To Each Of Whom A Chapter Is Devoted, The German Gothic Novel In Anglo-german Perspective Is An Original Historical And Comparative Study That Goes Well Beyond The Necessary Review Of The Evidence To Include Much New Material, Many New Insights And Pieces Of Analysis, And Some Fundamental Changes Of Perspective. The Book Aims To Put The Record Straight In Bibliographical And Literary Historical Terms, And To Act As A Reference Guide To Facilitate Future Research, So That Anyone Working On The German Gothic Novel Or On Anglo-german Interactions In The Field Of Gothic, Will Find There References To All The Relevant Secondary Literature. The German Gothic Novel In Anglo-german Perspective Is Addressed To Germanists, But Also To Teachers And Students Of English, American And Comparative Literature, For There Is At Present Hardly A ‘hotter’ Subject Than Gothic. The Book’s Emphasis On The Gothic Work Of Canonical Writers Should Prompt Even Conservative German Departments To Reconsider Their Attitude To Gothic. Being Addressed To Scholars And Students Of German, German Quotations Are Given In German, But English Translations Are Added For The Convenience Of English And American Scholars And Students Of Gothic, Who Represent Another Important Section Of The Books’ Target Audience. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Chronology......Page 10 Introduction......Page 19 PART I......Page 45 1. Goethe......Page 46 2. Veit Weber......Page 80 3. Benedicte Naubert......Page 111 4. Schiller......Page 142 5. Grosse & Tieck......Page 185 6. Heinrich von Kleist......Page 236 7. Bonaventura......Page 268 8. E.T.A. Hoffmann......Page 302 9. Alexis & Meinhold......Page 332 PART II......Page 372 10. The Vehmgericht or Secret Tribunal......Page 373 11. Hues of Villainy......Page 403 12. Anglo-German Interactions......Page 430 13. A Gothic Iconography......Page 492 14. Gothic and Märchen......Page 531 Bibliography......Page 581 Index......Page 587 Patrick Bridgewater. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.