Poets Of Protest Av Michael Rodegang Drescher

<p>Michael Drescher analyzes national mythologies in American and German literature. He focuses on processes of mythological resignification, a literary phenomenon carrying significant implications for questions of identity, democracy, and nationalism in Europe and America. Precise narratological analyses are paired with detailed, transnational readings of Hawthorne''s <i>The Scarlet Letter</i>, Gutzkow''s <i>Wally, die Zweiflerin</i>, Brown''s <i>Clotel</i>, and Heine''s <i>Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen</i>. The study marries literature, mythology, and politics and contributes to the study of American and German literature at large.</p>