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Author : Wolfgang Elfe
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780872497863
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (978 download)
Download or read book The Fortunes of German Writers in America written by Wolfgang Elfe and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Detlef Junker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521834201
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1990 written by Detlef Junker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-17 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804732642
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)
Download or read book The Fortunes of the Humanities written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of attacks on the humanities by the right ("Goethe is not taught anymore!") and the left ("Why teach dead white males?"), a distinguished teacher and scholar presents a series of closely interconnected exercises in understanding the present state and future possibilities of the humanities.
Author : Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554581311
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)
Download or read book German Diasporic Experiences written by Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published with the Waterloo Centre for German Studies For centuries, large numbers of German-speaking people have emigrated from settlements in Europe to other countries and continents. In German Diasporic Experiences: Identity, Migration, and Loss, more than forty international contributors describe and discuss aspects of the history, language, and culture of these migrant groups, individuals, and their descendants. Part I focuses on identity, with essays exploring the connections among language, politics, and the construction of histories—national, familial, and personal—in German-speaking diasporic communities around the world. Part II deals with migration, examining such issues as German migrants in postwar Britain, German refugees and forced migration, and the immigrant as a fictional character, among others. Part III examines the idea of loss in diasporic experience with essays on nationalization, language change or loss, and the reshaping of cultural identity. Essays are revised versions of papers presented at an international conference held at the University of Waterloo in August 2006, organized by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, and reflect the multidisciplinarity and the global perspective of this field of study.
Author : Alexander Emmerich
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603820
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book John Jacob Astor and the First Great American Fortune written by Alexander Emmerich and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography analyzes Astor's rise from poor German immigrant in 1784 to the first modern millionaire--he was one before the term "millionaire" entered the English language. Many consider him to be the fourth wealthiest American of all times. After his death in 1848, the public began to discuss the "responsibility" of a millionaire. Some argued that he must have been greedy and cold. Some voices demanded that he should have given all his money back to the United States. More liberal thinkers praised him for his genius and vision. This biography presents a balanced picture. Astor was the founder of the first American settlement on the Pacific (Astoria, Oregon) and of New York's fine hotels the Astor House and the Waldorf-Astoria, as well as a developer of the American West and a fur trader. Many American cities and sites are named after him. He donated the Astor Library to the city of New York (it became the first public library of the city), now part of the New York Public Library.
Author : Seth Greenland
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609454634
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Hazards of Good Fortune written by Seth Greenland and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An entertaining tale rich in schadenfreude as bad things happen to a hapless billionaire” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Jay Gladstone was born to privilege. He is a civic leader and a generous philanthropist, as well as the owner of an NBA team. But in today’s New York, even a wealthy man’s life can spin out of control, no matter the money or influence he possesses. Jay sees himself as a moral man, determined not to repeat his father’s mistakes. He would rather focus on his unstable second marriage and his daughter, Aviva, than worry about questions of race or privilege. However, he moves through a sensitive and aware world: that of Dag Maxwell, the black star forward, and white police officer Russell Plesko, who makes a decision that has resonating consequences—particularly for a DA whose hopes for a future in politics will rest on an explosive prosecution. Set during Barack Obama’s presidency, this artful novel illuminates contemporary America and does not shy away from questions about our scalding social divide—why is conversation about race so fraught, to what degree is the justice system impartial, and does great wealth inoculate those who have it?—and explores the aftermath of unforgivable errors and the unpredictability of the court of public opinion. “Greenland takes a Dickensian delight in letting the plot sprawl with parallels, digressions, false leads, and twists.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A wild and funny page-turner of a novel that grabs you and doesn’t let go.” —Larry David
Author : George F. Peters
Publisher : Camden House
ISBN 13 : 9781571131614
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (316 download)
Download or read book The Poet as Provocateur written by George F. Peters and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the heated critical debate on Heine from his own lifetime to the present. Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), one of the best known and most controversial German writers of the nineteenth century, has been the subject of intense critical debate. Heine's lyric poetry ranks second only to Goethe's in popularity and is known world wide in musical settings. He is also known for his stories and travel sketches, his writings on political, social, and cultural developments in Europe, and for essays on literature, religion, and philosophy. Peters's study records the stormy development of Heine's critical reception from his own time down to the present. As a Jew living in Paris, an outspoken critic of both repressive political policies in Germany and the stifling influence of the Catholic church, and the author of the most famous satirical poem in the German language, Deuschland. Ein Wintermärchen, Heine engendered the wrath of the conservative critics of his day, while progressive critics, particularly those supportive of his emancipatory ideals, came to his defense. Since his death, Heine criticism has continued to be partisan in tone. Twentieth-century Heine criticism has mirrored Germany's historical development, from the nationalistic fervor of the Wilhelminian era, through the tolerance of Weimar, the anti-Semitic frenzy of the Third Reich, the postwar period of competing critical views in East and West, to the final decade of the century and a period of renewed and intense critical interest. George F. Peters is professor of German and Chair of the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Michigan State University.
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Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book German American Annals written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book New German Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Dayton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The University of Dayton Review written by University of Dayton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Friedrich Gerstäcker
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants written by Friedrich Gerstäcker and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants is a book of historical fiction by Friedrich Gerstäcker. Gerstäcker was a German traveler and novelist who emigrated to the US during the early 19th century.
Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674238044
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The Dilemmas of an Upright Man written by J. L. Heilbron and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving and eloquent portrait, Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. He shows how Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich.
Author : William Peterfield Trent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1654 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of American Literature written by William Peterfield Trent and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1550 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge history of American literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Ho Davies
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544263782
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)
Download or read book The Fortunes written by Peter Ho Davies and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity Winner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize A New York Times Notable Book "Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end."—Jesmyn Ward “[A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning.”—NPR, Best Books of 2016 “Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with quiet resonances across time.”—The New Yorker Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. Inhabiting four lives—a railroad baron’s valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption—this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive—as much through love as blood. “A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty.”—Joyce Carol Oates, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award citation “A poignant, cascading four-part novel . . . Outstanding.”—David Mitchell, Guardian “The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I’ve read about the Chinese American experience.”—Celeste Ng
Author : Paul Carl Weber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book America in Imaginative German Literature in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century written by Paul Carl Weber and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behandelt auf S. 120-152 Charles Sealsfield.
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Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book A History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. 3 written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
