“eine(r) große(n) verhängnisvolle(n) Zeit”. The Peninsular War in the Work of Two German Romantic Authors: Hoffmann and Eichendorff
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German Romanticism, Narrative Techniques, Literature and History, Romantic Myths
Abstract
At the beginning of the 19th century an interest for current themes (“Zeitgeschehen”) arises in German literature. E. T. A. Hoffmann and Joseph von Eichendorff, the most important authors of late Romanticism, set two of their stories (publ. 1819 and 1834) in Spain during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). This paper analyzes the lines of argument, the treatment of the main characters and the representation of war in both texts from a comparative perspective. The results of that analysis show that the Peninsular War is in both cases a container for actions or characters which lie outside the daily world. However, there is an important difference: Hoffmann describes war with an appearance of truthfulness, while Eichendorff uses its representation to develop his own myths.Downloads
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Raposo B. (2018). “eine(r) große(n) verhängnisvolle(n) Zeit”. The Peninsular War in the Work of Two German Romantic Authors: Hoffmann and Eichendorff. Revista de Filología Alemana, 26, 27-41. https://doi.org/10.5209/RFAL.60140
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