Fontane in the Twenty-First Century (EPDF) von John B. Lyon

Assesses the relevance of the works of Fontane, perhaps the foremost German novelist between Goethe and Mann, for the twenty-first century.

Acknowledgments
Note on Editions
Introduction: Fontane in the Twenty-First Century - John B. Lyon and Brian Tucker
Narrative Digression and the Transformation of Nationhood inVor dem Sturm - Russell A. Berman
Nasty Women: Female Anger as Moral Judgment inGrete Minde andEffi Briest - Holly A. Yanacek
Peforming the Philistine: Gossip as a Narrative Device and a Strategy for Reflection on Anti-Semitism in Theodor Fontane'sL'Adultera - Nicolas von Passavant
To Have an Eye: Visual Culture and the Misapprehension of Class inIrrungen, Wirrungen - Brian Tucker
Fontane as a Pacifist? The Anti-War Message inQuitt and Fontane's Changing Attitude to Militarism - James N. Bade
Disjunctive Transnationalisms in Fontane'sFrau Jenny Treibel - John B. Lyon
On the "Right Measure" inEffi Briest: Ethics and Aesthetics of the Prosaic - Katharina Adeline Engler-Coldren
Transfiguration, Effect, and Engagement: Theodor Fontane's Aesthetic Thought - Michael J. White
Fontane and World Literature: Prussians, Jews, and the Specter of Africa inDie Poggenpuhls - Todd Kontje
Von Zwanzig bis Dreissig: The Male Author in Parts - Lynne Tatlock
Melusine von Barby's Barriers and Connections in Fontane'sDer Stechlin - Christian Thomas
Senescence and Fontane'sDer Stechlin - Ervin Malakaj
Notes on the Contributors
Index