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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticOrth, Geoffrey C.
Title, AnalyticThe Great War, Literary Tastes, and Political Correctness: The Strange Case of Charles Follen Adams, German Dialect Poet
Journal TitleYearbook of German-American Studies
Date of Publication2001
Volume ID36
Location in Work167-180
View Onlinehttps://doi.org/10.17161/ygas.v36i
ISSN0741-2827
AbstractCharles Follen Adams (1842-1918) was a Yankee of New England ancestry who, while "not at all proficient in German, neither standard nor dialect," wrote a form of dialect caricature poetry that portrayed German cultural influence in America in both a humorous and positive light.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsDialects/ Poetry/ German influence/ Humor & Satire/ Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918