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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | Prose Pictures of Kleindeutschland: German-Language Local-Color Serials of the Late Nineteenth Century |
| Author, Monographic | Okker, Patricia, ed. |
| Title, Monographic | Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Date of Publication | 2012 |
| Location in Work | 84-110 |
| Series Title | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature |
| Series Vol. ID | 16 |
| Abstract | Examines short fiction published in the "New Yorker Staats-Zeitung," particularly works written by Johann Rittig, who specialized in stories that illuminated the habits and customs of German Americans living in Manhattan's Kleindeutschland. Argues that the paper's editor, Oswald Ottendorfer, published original tales by Rittig to deflect attention from accusations he was republishing writings from German periodicals without permission or compensation. Conolly-Smith claims that Rittig "disdained the assimilationist impulse" of many German Americans, an attitude reflected in his serialized fiction. |
| MKI Annotation | Rittig, Johann, 1829-1885. Born in Prague, Rittig took part as a university student in the Revolution of 1848. He was arrested but fled; after being sentenced to death in absentia, he emigrated to the United States in 1852. He wrote for several German-American newspapers. |
| Call Number | MKI P2022-2 |
| MKI Terms | Serialized fiction -- United States -- History and criticism/ American fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism/ 19th century/ Fiction, German-American/ Rittig, Johann, 1829-1885 |