The Orient of Europe : the mythical image of India and competing images of German national identity / / by Nicholas A. Germana
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| Autore: |
Germana Nicholas A
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| Titolo: |
The Orient of Europe : the mythical image of India and competing images of German national identity / / by Nicholas A. Germana
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 943.07 |
| Soggetto topico: | Orientalism - Germany |
| Soggetto geografico: | Germany Civilization Indic influences |
| Germany Civilization 19th century | |
| Germany Intellectual life 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | August Wilhelm Schlegel proclaimed that "[i]f the regeneration of the human species started in the East, Germany must be considered the Orient of Europe." How can this remarkable identification of Germany with the subjugated oriental 'other' be explained? In The Orient of Europe, Nicholas A. Germana explores how German thinkers, especially those associated with the Early Romantic movement, set India up as an "ideal mirror," in which they could perceive the image of the Germany they longed f... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Orient of Europe |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-1208-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814171503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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