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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Markham, Sara H. |
| Title | Elusive Prosperity: Images of the United States Conveyed in Selected German Travel Literature, 1923-1933. |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Wisconsin--Madison |
| Date | 1983 |
| Extent of Work | 567 pp. |
| Abstract | Previous studies have focused attention on two dominant tendencies of German travel imagery of the United States appearing 1924-1929: 1) a liberal-affirmative and mass-commercialized imagery of prosperity and Fordism; 2) a culture-conservative and national-chauvanist imagery of no culture. Studies of German travel imagery of the United States formulated 1929-1933 have seldom been undertaken. This study suggests and assesses changing creative dimensions of historical contribution and limitation conveyed in selected German travel literature 1923-1933. The literature is interpreted to lend itself in many respects to the changing socially-critical, women's literary, worker-oriented, socialist, and nascent anti-fascist traditions of German imagery of the United States. Travel literature by the following travel writers are examined: Alfred Kerr, Roda Roda, Alice Salomon, Arthur Rundt, Arthur Feiler, ADGB-travelers, Marie Jacobi, Erika Mann and Klaus Mann, Richard Katz, Marta Kalweis, Adele Schreiber, Egon Erwin Kisch, Alfons Goldschmidt, Arthur Holitscher, Ernst Toller, and Maria Leitner. |
| Call Number | MKI dissertations / MEM AWB M3459 S373 |
| MKI Terms | Germany in literature/ Travel in literature/ 20th century/ America in German literature/ Literature, German |