The Contemporary Critical Reception of Theodor Fontane's (1819-1898) Novels in Germany
FAIN: FT-12866-76
Frederick Betz
University of Maine, Orono (Orono, ME 04473-1513)
To study the critical reception of Theodor Fontane's works. Through the study of the contemporary criticism of Fontane's novels (1870's to 1900) a better understanding and more accurate assessment of German theory and criticism of the novel genre in the late 19th century would develop