The Representations of “Deutschtum” in the Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine, and the New Monthly Magazine, 1817-1821

Abstract

Questo contributo esamina la rappresentazione dell’identità tedesca in una selezione di articoli pubblicati su The Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine e The New Monthly Magazine tra il 1817 e il 1826, sullo sfondo della politica britannica post-napoleonica. Lo studio indaga in che misura tali riviste abbiano mediato le tensioni tra preoccupazioni nazionali e impegno letterario transnazionale. Particolare attenzione è rivolta alle strategie retoriche e discorsive che offrono una rappresentazione dell’alterità culturale, unendo politiche nazionaliste e conservatrici all’interesse per la Confederazione Germanica di recente formazione. L’analisi sottolinea come la rappresentazione ambivalente del “Deutschtum” nei periodici romantici evidenzi il ruolo delle pressioni sociopolitiche nella costruzione della “Englishness” in dialogo con l’Europa.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-243

Parole chiave: Deutschtum, Romantic periodicals, Transnationalism, British Romanticism.

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