Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2021

Seiten: 293-312

Zeitschrift: The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory

Bandnummer: 96

Heftnummer: 3

ISSN: 0016-8890

eISSN: 1930-6962

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/00168890.2021.1943645

Verlag: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
This contribution analyzes authentic and fictional letters from 19th-century emigrants and their semantics of Heimat. Under the conditions of migration, letters in particular become the central medium for everyday reflection on homeland. This article shows that the use of the term Heimat encompassed a very large semantic spectrum, which takes up various connotations of Heimat in German-speaking countries, while at the same time shaping this discourse through the experience of migration. This mutual influence can be traced in German Realism, in which fictitious letters from emigrants played a crucial role. The literary discourse on Heimat, the second part of this article shows, echoes the massive migration experiences of the time.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Oesterhelt, A. (2021) Neue Heimat Amerika: Briefe deutscher Ausgewanderter im 19. Jahrhundert. Mit uberlegungen zum literarischen Auswandererbrief bei Berthold Auerbach, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 96(3), pp. 293-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/00168890.2021.1943645

APA-Zitierstil: Oesterhelt, A. (2021). Neue Heimat Amerika: Briefe deutscher Ausgewanderter im 19. Jahrhundert. Mit uberlegungen zum literarischen Auswandererbrief bei Berthold Auerbach. The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory. 96(3), 293-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/00168890.2021.1943645