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Thomas Adam, Gisela Mettele - Two Boston Brahmins in Goethe's Germany, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Two Boston Brahmins in Goethe's Germany

The Travel Journals of Anna and George Ticknor

Av Thomas Adam, Gisela Mettele

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This volume includes the travel logs of Anna and George Ticknor from two journeys to the German Confederation from 1815 to 1817 and from 1835 to 1836. As members of an exclusive social class, the Ticknors enjoyed the privilege of traveling and living for an extended period in the German-speaking world, which conferred much-sought-after cultural and social distinction on them in Boston. A valuable primary source for American and German historians alike, these journals offer insight into the construction of American identities, as well as outside perspectives on German society, culture, and politics in the Age of Goethe. Simultaneously and independently composed by this husband and wife, these journals are the only known case of parallel male and female travel writing, thus affording a unique opportunity to explore gender as a factor in shaping their perceptions. A biographical glossary and extensive explanatory footnotes make this text accessible to a wide audience.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2009-06-16
  • Mått: 157 x 230 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 426 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 294
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9780739129128
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Thomas Adam is associate professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he teaches modern transatlantic and German history. Gisela Mettele is a lecturer at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, where she teaches European and American urban history.

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In this work, elite Americans express their fascination with the cultural and social life they observed and experienced while on extended tour in early nineteenth-century Germany—particularly in Dresden, the vibrant capital of the Kingdom of Saxony. Expertly edited, the volume introduces us to an image of a romanticized/idealized Germany that shaped the thinking of many Americans for decades after the Ticknors' travels. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the ways in which European traditions influenced intellectual developments in the United States.

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