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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Schueppen, Franz |
| Title, Analytic | Deutsche, die das Glueck haben, Amerikaner zu sein!: Das Bild der Deutschamerikaner bei Charles Sealsfield und Theodor Fontane |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1997 |
| Volume ID | 32 |
| Location in Work | 99-115 |
| Abstract | This essay summarizes in a few examples the picture of German-Americans in the 19th century in German literature. It is founded on the very favorable description of the economic qualities of German settlers by the Pennsylvania politician Benjamin Rush at the end of the 18th century, which is contrasted with the dark picture of Germans in the United States given by the novelist Charles Sealsfield/Karl Postl. Sealsfield painted the world politically to prepare his readers for a life in a democratic country and world. Theodor Fontane, the Prussian author, shows in very favorable pictures the United States as the better realization of modern life. |
| Call Number | MKI periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Literature, German-American/ America in German literature/ Sealsfield, Charles (Postl, Karl), 1793-1864/ 19th century |