Description: Assesses the relevance of the works of Fontane, perhaps the foremost German novelist between Goethe and Mann, for the twenty-first century.
Brief description: MICHAEL WHITE is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of St Andrews and head of the UK and Ireland section of the Theodor Fontane Gesellschaft.
Review Quotes: [A] welcome addition to Fontane scholarship in general, and to English-language scholarship on Fontane in particular. . . . [T]imely and imperative. . . . The collection's new theoretical approaches, as well as its profound close readings, advance Fontane scholarship into the twenty-first century and will serve as a profitable springboard for continuing endeavors. . . . Filling a critical gap in scholarship, [this volume] documents [Fontane's] resilience and enduring relevance for readers and scholars on both sides of the Atlantic.--Edith H. Krause "GERMAN QUARTERLY"