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Global Germany Circa 1800: A Revisionist Literary History

Name: Global Germany Circa 1800: A Revisionist Literary History
Brand: Penn State University Press
SKU: 9780271099668
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Contributors:

Todd Kontje

Publisher:

Penn State University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Literary Criticism

Book Subcategory:

Europe, European, Modern

Book Topic:

Germany, German, 18th Century

Series:

Max Kade Research Institute

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Release Date:

2025-04-08

ISBN 13:

9780271099668

Weight:

1.17 lbs

Size:

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inches

Pages:

266

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Global Germany Circa 1800 asks two interrelated questions: How did Germans participate in the European conquest of the world, and how were they different from other imperial powers? In other words, what is the relation between the German form of empire, the old Reich, and the modern European empires that emerged in the global age?

In this book, Todd Kontje presents a revisionist literary and intellectual history, inviting readers to consider how we might understand "Germany" at the turn of the nineteenth century if we remove the nation-state as the inevitable goal of cultural and political development. Focusing on the pivotal years around 1800, when many of the concepts that define the modern era first came into being, Kontje investigates how thinkers in and around Weimar--from Goethe, Schiller, and Kant to Georg Forster, Heinrich von Kleist, and Alexander von Humboldt--worked within existing political structures to make sense of the region's place in the world. Ultimately, he reveals how Weimar, a remote artist hub long thought to exemplify the insularity of a soon-to-be-unified nation, was in fact utterly worldly, and in a manner very different from the political capitals of imperial nation-states like London and Paris.

Accessible and entertaining, this literary history is essential reading for German studies students and scholars, and it will appeal to audiences in world history, empire studies, intellectual history, and comparative literature.

About the Author

Todd Kontje is Distinguished Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of four books, including Georg Forster: German Cosmopolitan, winner of the 2023 DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Book in Literature and Cultural Studies.

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