Mediating culture in the seventeenth-century German novel : Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690 /

"Eberhard Happel, Baroque German author of an extensive body of work of fiction and nonfiction, has for many years been categorized as a 'courtly-gallant' novelist. In Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel, author Gerhild Scholz Williams argues that categorizing hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scholz Williams, Gerhild, 1942- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013?]
Subjects:	LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German. Happel, Eberhard Werner, > 1647-1690 > Criticism and interpretation. Happel, Eberhard Werner, > 1647-1690 > Sources. Happel, Eberhard Werner, > 1647-1690 > Characters. German literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. German fiction > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. German literature > Social aspects > History > 17th century. Heroes in literature. National characteristics, German, in literature. Gender identity in literature. East and West in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. HISTORY / Europe / Germany. HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century. Electronic books.
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List of Abbreviations
Setting the Stage
"The Court of Public Opinion" : Fictionalizing Encounters with Historical Heroes (Imre Thököly and Friedrich von Schomberg)
Dangerous Passage : Pirates, Robbers, Captives, and Slaves
Losing Direction : Romance and Gender Confusions.