Italy in the German Literary Imagination by Gretchen Hachmeister - 9781571132260

Italy in the German Literary ImaginationGoethe's 'Italian Journey' and Its Reception by Eichendorff, Platen, and Heine\nAuthor(s): Gretchen Hachmeister\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United States\nImprint: Camden House Inc\nISBN-13: 9781571132260, 978-1571132260\nSynopsis\nThe German fascination with Italy, as seen in Goethe's Italian Journey and in a number of literary reactions to it.\n\nItaly has long exerted a particular fascination on the Germans, and this has been reflected in German literature, most prominently in Goethe's Italienische Reise but also by numerous other writers who have returned to the topic. This book is concerned with two inextricably linked images - those of the German traveler in Italy and of Italy in German literature in the first third of the 19th century. Goethe's publication of his account nearly three decades after his actual journey was in some measure a vehicle to resist the challenge of a new generation of writers, who in tu.