Title Transculturality and German discourse in the age of European colonialism / Chunjie Zhang

Published Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction. Defining transculturality; or, Reading from the other side -- Georg Forster in Oceania : enlightenment, sentiment, and the intrusion of the South Seas -- Adelbert von Chamisso's friendship : genre, Kadu, and relations -- Krusoe Robinson's adventure : technology of the self and double consciousness in Joachim Heinrich Campe's Robinson der Jungere -- The new world, femininity, and refusal of tragedy in August von Kotzebue's melodramas -- Johann Gottfried Herder : historicism, cultural relativism, and the Iroquois perpetual peace -- Immanuel Kant's Physische Geographie : authorship and the geographical order of things -- Epilogue Summary In Transculturality and German Discourse in the Age of European Colonialism, Chunjie Zhang examines the South Pacific travel writings of George Forster and Adelbert von Chamisso, literary works by August von Kotzebue and Johann Joachim Campe, Herder's philosophy of history, and Kant's theory of geography from the perspective of non-European impact during the age of Europe's colonial expansion. She explores what these texts show about German and European superiority, the critique of the slave trade, European moral debauchery, acknowledgments of non-European cultural achievements, and sympathy with colonized peoples. Moving beyond the question of empire versus enlightenment, Zhang's book diligently detects global connections, offering much to scholars of literature, culture, and intellectual history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 -- Criticism and interpretation Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819 -- Criticism and interpretation Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818 -- Criticism and interpretation Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838 -- Criticism and interpretation Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 -- Criticism and interpretation Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818 Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838 Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819 Travelers' writings, German -- History and criticism German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. German literature Literature Travelers' writings, German Oceania -- In literature Oceania Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780810134799 0810134799

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