Tales of Berlin in American literature up to the 21st century

• Verfasst von: Parker, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Tales of Berlin in American literature up to the 21st century
• Verf.angabe: by Joshua Parker
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill Rodopi
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: [2016]
• Umfang: VIII, 426 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Spatial practices ; volume 22
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [381]-416
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31208-1
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Literatur / (s)Berlin <Motiv> / (z)Geschichte 1840-2015
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Literatur / (s)Berlin <Motiv> / (z)Geschichte 1840-2015
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-AusgabeParker, Joshua: Tales of Berlin in American literature up to the 21st century. - Leiden ; Boston Brill Rodopi, 2016 |(DLC)2016010946
• RVK-Notation: HR 1703
• K10plus-PPN: 850227232

Abstract

Prologue: "a smaller but more intense orchestration" -- American space -- American Berlin across three centuries -- A tale of Berlin -- How American is it -- Toy houses and playing-card lawns -- "German" roots -- Rags, riches and rooming houses -- G the great divorce -- Water crossings -- N "this is our armageddon" -- Ruined landscapes, ruined women -- Women with attachments: mermaids, drink and drowning -- City of night -- "Certain tendencies": queer berlin -- Underground berlin -- "Something was different, but nothing had changed" -- Contaminating city -- Contents -- Just off the kurfurstendamm: spy fiction -- The garden and the forest: natural space in Berlin -- The weather in Berlin -- Isolating Berlin -- Naturalizing the wall -- Escape from Berlin -- Family reunions: searching for someone in Berlin -- Women and children first: taming history -- Contemporary voices: re-storing mythologies -- Conclusion