Description
| Product ID: | 9780820445267 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | New Directions in German-American Studies |
| Title: | Radical Passion |
| Subtitle: | Ottilie Assing's Reports from America and Letters to Frederick Douglass |
| Authors: | Author: Ottilie Assing |
| Page Count: | 378 |
| Subjects: | Writing and editing guides, Journalistic style guides, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, Society and culture: general, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, Society & culture: general |
| Description: | This series subjects the large topic of German-America to new critical scrutiny. Its topics range from modern languages to political history, from American Studies to anthropology, who present independently conceived publications as part of the larger project. The studies in this series offer not only new approaches to German-American studies, but they also force new thinking about what constitutes «German literature» and what have been the defining, multilingual features of «American literature.» Radical Passion examines eighty essays and reports on the United States (1852-1865) by the German-American journalist Ottilie Assing (1819-1884) along with twenty-seven extant letters from Assing to Frederick Douglass during the years 1870-1879. A keen and critical observer of the American scene before and during the Civil War, Assing was passionately committed to her personal freedom and to political and social equality for African Americans. She believed in radical social movements, backed the German Revolution of 1848, and became an enthusiastic supporter of radical abolitionism, women''s emancipation, and civil rights for black Americans. For almost three decades, she and Frederick Douglass were close intellectual collaborators and lovers. The reports and essays, originally written in German, are presented in their first English translation; an introduction provides biographical background and historical context. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-01-11 |
