02805nam 2200589 450 991082867790332120230808191746.090-04-31209-910.1163/9789004312098(CKB)3710000000602633(SSID)ssj0001630856(PQKBManifestationID)16377999(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001630856(PQKBWorkID)14928005(PQKB)10642553(PQKBManifestationID)16355461(PQKBWorkID)14928101(PQKB)22062565(MiAaPQ)EBC4452244(nllekb)BRILL9789004312098(Au-PeEL)EBL4452244(CaPaEBR)ebr11175035(CaONFJC)MIL904333(OCoLC)943710587(EXLCZ)99371000000060263320160613h20162016 uy 0gerurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTales of Berlin in American literature up to the 21st century /by Joshua ParkerLeiden, [Netherlands] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill Rodopi,2016.©20161 online resource (436 pages)Spatial Practices,1871-689x ;Volume 2290-04-31208-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: "a smaller but more intense orchestration" -- American space -- American Berlin across three centuries -- A tale of Berlin -- How American is it -- Toy houses and playing-card lawns -- "German" roots -- Rags, riches and rooming houses -- The great divorce -- Water crossings -- "This is our armageddon" -- Ruined landscapes, ruined women -- Women with attachments: mermaids, drink and drowning -- City of night -- "Certain tendencies": queer Berlin -- Underground Berlin -- "Something was different, but nothing had changed" -- Contaminating city -- Just off the Kurfurstendamm: spy fiction -- The garden and the forest: natural space in Berlin -- The weather in Berlin -- Isolating Berlin -- Naturalizing the Wall -- Escape from Berlin -- Family reunions: searching for someone in Berlin -- Women and children first: taming history -- Contemporary voices: re-storing mythologies -- Conclusion.Spatial practices ;Volume 22.American literatureHistory and criticismBerlin (Germany)In literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.810.9/35843155Parker Joshua1721233MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828677903321Tales of Berlin in American literature up to the 21st century4120586UNINA