Transatlantic Crossings and Transformations

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"This volume attempts for the first time a comprehensive view of the momentous process of German-American cultural transfer during the 18th and 19th centuries, which played an important part in the formation of an American national and cultural identity, a process to which the New England Transcendentalists contributed some of the decisive ingredients, but which has largely escaped the attention of German and American scholarship. In each chapter a specific problem is treated systematically from a clearly defined perspective, deficiencies of existing translation theories are exposed, so that in the concluding chapters 13 and 14 (with an unpublished memorandum by Alexander von Humboldt) a cohesive view of the entire process emerges. A comprehensive bibliography will facilitate further scholarly pursuits"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Culture diffusion,  Transcendentalism (new england),  American literature, history and criticism, 1783-1850,  American literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Germany, relations,  Relations,  History,  Civilization,  German influences,  Intellectual life,  American literature,  History and criticism