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Theodor Fontane:
Literature and History in the
Bismarck Reich
Gordon A. Craig
Oxford University Press
THEODOR FONTANE
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THEODOR FONTANE
Literature and History
in the Bismarck Reich
Gordon A. Craig
New York • Oxford
Oxford University Press
1999
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Copyright ᭧ 1997 by C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Mu¨nchen
Originally published in German under the title
U¨ ber Fontane
by C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Mu¨nchen 1997
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913–
[U¨ ber Fontane. English]
Theodor Fontane : literature and history in the
Bismarck Reich / Gordon A. Craig.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-512837-0
1. Fontane, Theodor, 1819–1898. 2. Authors, German—19th
century—Biography. 3. Germany—History—19th century.
4. Prussia (Germany)—History—1789–1900. I. Title.
C7313 1999
833'.8—dc21
[B] 98-47520
135798642
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on acid-free paper
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Arthur Spring-Rice Pyper
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