The American Indian in German Novels Up To The 1850s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9853390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wynfrid Kriegleder (0000-0001-6617-7413, University of Vienna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 487-498 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Life and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8777 • E-ISSN: 1468-0483 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0483.00181 |
| OpenAlex | W2028091029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A close look at a number of early German novels about the USA (e.g. Sophie von La Roche, Erscheinungen am See Oneida , 1798: Henriette Frölich, Virginia oder Die Kolonie von Kentucky , 1820; Charles Sealsfield, Der Legitime und die Repunlikaner , 1833; Jogann Christoph Biernatzki, Der braune Knabe , 1839) reveals that they hardly ever portray Indians as noble savages in an enviable state of nature ‐ the image prevailing in many late nineteenth‐century novels (e.g. by Karl May) that tend to sympathise with the Indians’ lot and even suggest a peculiar affinity between them and the Germans. On the contrary, the earlier novels wholeheartedly embrace the notion that the bast continent of Northern America is there to be civilised ‐ which is to say: Europeanised. The Indians are considered as representatives of a lower social and cultural order that will either voluntarily join the new, European order of things or else disappear
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |