- Subtitle:
- Eichendorff, Keller, Fontane
- Abstract:
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The thesis aims to explore philistinism as a German literary topos, in the nineteenth century. It begins with an examination of the extra-literary metaphorical usage of key words like Philister and proceeds to a summary of its impact on writers in the period. By so doing, I have tried to present an image of the developing tradition of the literary depiction of philistines. The main part of the thesis is devoted to three writers - Richendorff, Keller, Fontane - whose work presents...
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- Publication date:
- 1991
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- td:602369776
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Cotter, Robert Edmund
- Copyright date:
- 1991
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
Thesis
Aspects of philistinism in nineteenth-century German literature
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