Description: Der Widerstand, dem Theodor Fontane nach der Rueckkehr aus London begegnete, stellte die Weichen fuer sein restliches Leben - war aber bisher kaum erforscht. Spannend und mit vielen unbekannten Belegen deckt der amerikanische Germanist P. I.
Review Quotes: "In part appealing to his book's place in a series on the history of communication (Beitrage zur Kommunikationsgeschichte), Anderson insists that the traditional literary-critical mode must be one part of a methodology that is ultimately and intimately linked both to history and journalism. Only hybridization or parallel application of these fields can fully du justice to Fontane's complex life and work. Subsequent Fontane scholarship will no doubt dhabe to taken Andersons claims - along with his important archival discovery - very seriously.""Eine anregende Studie, die unkonventionelle Wege geht.""On the basis of new documentation, rigorous analyses, and original interpretations, Anderson convincingly portrays Fontane as a 'fachubergreifender Schriftsteller' who must be studied with expertise not only in literature, but also in history and journalism.""Wer sich in Zukunft mit dem F. vor den Romanen beschaftigen will, wird auch um Andersons originelle Studie nicht herumkommen."