Der Tod in Swinemünde. Paradoxe des Polentums bei Thomas Mann und Theodor Fontane

• Authors: Chris Rauseo

Title variants

EN

Death in Swinemünde. Polish paradoxes in the works of Thomas Mann and Theodor Fontane

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

At first glance, Polish culture and history seem of little importance in Thomas Mann’s creative imagination. But a closer look reveals the extent to which his relatively rare evocations of Poles and Poland correspond to a pattern which his revered predecessor Theodor Fontane elaborated upon constantly. Poland is dangerous not because of its armed insurrections, but because it raises questions which quietly undermine the foundations of German (and particularly Prussian) notions of order and power.

Keywords

EN

Th. Mann; Fontane; Polen; Preußen; Poland; Prussia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Germanica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 140
• Pages: 61 - 92

Contributors

author

Chris Rauseo

• Universität Valenciennes