Wilhelm Raabe : : The Fiction of the Alternative Community / / Jeffrey L. Sammons.

• VerfasserIn: Sammons, Jeffrey L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5068
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 p.)

The book is divided into three parts: an overview of Raabc's career, his problems with the public, and the early reception history that did so much to damage his reputation; thematic analyses that seek to release him from received opinions concerning the nature and quality of his oeuvre by exhibiting his versatility and polyperspectivism; and interpretations of individual works.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE WORKS OF WILHELM RAABE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF PUBLICATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. In Search of Raabe -- CHAPTER I. Wolfenbüttel -- CHAPTER 2. Stuttgart -- CHAPTER 3. Braunschweig -- CHAPTER 4. Raabe and His Public -- CHAPTER 5. Pessimism -- CHAPTER 6. The Case Against Raabe -- PART II. Themes -- CHAPTER 7. Raabe and the Jews: The Case of The Hunger Pastor -- CHAPTER 8. Politics -- CHAPTER 9. History -- CHAPTER 10. Humor -- CHAPTER 11. Literature -- CHAPTER 12. Narrators -- CHAPTER 13. The Defective Family -- CHAPTER 14. The Fiction of the Alternative Community -- PART III. Interpretations -- CHAPTER 15. Irresolute Form: Abu Telfan -- CHAPTER 16. Fate and Psychology: At the Sign of the Wild Man and Restless Guests -- CHAPTER 17. Boundaries: The Pied Piper o fHamelin; Wunnigel; Of Old Proteus -- CHAPTER 18. The Mill on the Sewer: Pfister's Mill and the Present Relevance of Past Literature -- CHAPTER 19. Stuffcake Pro and Contra -- CHAPTER 20. The Split Self: The Documents of the Birdsong -- CHAPTER 21. The Unclosed Circle: The Fragment Altershausen -- IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF RAABE'S WORKS -- INDEX OF NAMES