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Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
Brian Melican
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Description for Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
Paperback. Editor(s): Melican, Brian. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DCQ; DQ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
'German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during the First World War. When, he asked, had the bristling general replaced the 'philosophers and composers and bandsmen and peasants and students drinking and singing in harmony?' The enchanted forest, symbol of Romantic idealism and traditional folktales, had given way to other images of Germany and Germans. By following Leigh Fermor, and over eighty other British and North American literary visitors to Germany, this original anthology shows how different generations of English-speakers have depicted this country. Starting in the sixteenth century with some ... Read more
'German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during the First World War. When, he asked, had the bristling general replaced the 'philosophers and composers and bandsmen and peasants and students drinking and singing in harmony?' The enchanted forest, symbol of Romantic idealism and traditional folktales, had given way to other images of Germany and Germans. By following Leigh Fermor, and over eighty other British and North American literary visitors to Germany, this original anthology shows how different generations of English-speakers have depicted this country. Starting in the sixteenth century with some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908493774
SKU
V9781908493774
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About Brian Melican
Brian Melican is a British journalist, translator, and author who has been living in Germany for five years. He has published a range of articles, online videos and books in English and German.
Reviews for Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
'Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest, Brian Melican's breezily broad-ranging anthology of English-language writing about Germany, spans half a dozen centuries and at least as many literary genres. The book range from Romantic poets' letters about their Rhine steamboat journeys to journalists' dispatches form Nazi-era Berlin and Cold War spy novels.'
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