National Monuments and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany

The Author: Hans A. Pohlsander is a native of Germany, but a long-time resident of the United States. He holds degrees from the University of Utah, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Michigan. He is professor emeritus of Classics and Religious Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His principal publications are Helena: Empress and Saint (Chicago 1995) and The Emperor Constantine (London 1996 and 2004). He has also edited Volumes VII and XII of Sources for the History of Cyprus (New York 1999 and 2006).

• Contents: What is a National Monument? – German Nationalism in the 19th Century from the Beginnings to Ernst Moritz Arndt – German Nationalism in the 19th Century from Heinrich von Kleist to «Die Wacht am Rhein» – The Repression of German Nationalism – Monuments to German Culture – Ludwig I of Bavaria, the Walhalla, the Befreiungshalle, and Related Monuments – Monuments to German Arms – From Prussia to Germany – «Heil Dir im Siegerkranz» – The Iron Chancellor – Historicizing Painting of the 19th Century.