{"product_id":"theodor-storms-iimmenseei-9781571130457","title":"Theodor Storm's Immensee","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chronological and comprehensive survey of the most important English  and German language criticism about the novella in historical context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheodor Storm (1817-88), one of the leading literary Realists of the nineteenth century, achieved world-wide popularity with the novella \u003ci\u003eImmensee\u003c\/i\u003e in 1849. The work, which Storm himself referred to as a 'Perle deutscher Poesie' (pearl of German poetry) reached over thirty editions and was translated into 17 languages by the time of the author's death. But in addition to being called a masterpiece by such leading literary lights of the day as TheodorFontane and Paul Heyse, \u003ci\u003eImmensee\u003c\/i\u003e also attracted its share of criticism from the first, for instance as a mere sentimental love story. Then in the 1930s and forties Storm's novella was seized upon by right-wing critics as appropriate National Socialist reading material, which had the effect of sullying its reputation somewhat long after 1945. Since the 1960s \u003ci\u003eImmensee's\u003c\/i\u003e critical reputation has been rehabilitated and both novella and Storm himself analyzed from a variety of viewpoints, including Marxism and democratic humanitarianism. Strehl's book chronicles the highlights of this critical history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Wiebke Strehl is assistant professor of German at the University of South Carolina.","brand":"Wiebke Strehl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280451023099,"sku":"9781571130457","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781571130457.jpg?v=1772484881","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/theodor-storms-iimmenseei-9781571130457","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}