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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticRitter, Alexander
Title, AnalyticA Fake Travelogue and a Fake Interview: Carlyles Herr Teufelsdrockh und Clarks nachgeahmter Dialog mit 'Seatsfield' als kulturpolitische Selbstinszenierung in The Knickerbocker (New York), im Krisenjahr 1844
Journal TitleYearbook of German-American Studies
Date of Publication2016
Volume ID51
Location in Work163-176, ill.
View Onlinehttps://doi.org/10.17161/ygas.v51i
ISSN0741-2827
AbstractDiscusses the imagined dialogue between Charles Sealsfield and an American guest, written by Louis Gaylord Clark in imitation of Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus. While Clark certainly never met Sealsfield, he uses the German author as a foil to speak to his own aesthetic concerns and his vision of a national culture, particularly in light of the issues facing America in the "crisis year" of 1844.
NotesIncludes bibliographical notes and references.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsSealsfield, Charles (Postl, Karl), 1793-1864/ United States -- History/ 19th century/ Fiction, historical