This contribution examines the representation of German identity in a series of articles published in the Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine and the NewM Monthly Magazine between 1817 and 1826 against the backdrop of post-Napoleonic British politics. The study investigates the extent to which these periodicals mediated tensions between national concerns and transnational literary engagement. Specific attention is placed on the rhetorical and discursive strategies providing am representation of cultural otherness that combines nationalist conservative policies with an interest in the newly formed German Confederation. The ambivalent portrayal of “Deutschtum” in Romantic periodicals suggests the role of sociopolitical pressures in the construction of Englishness in dialogue with Europe.
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.
The Representations of "Deutschtum" in the Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine, and the New Monthly Magazine, 1817-1821 / M. Canani. - In: LE SIMPLEGADI. - ISSN 1824-5226. - 23:25(2025), pp. 79-90. [10.17456/SIMPLE-243]
The Representations of "Deutschtum" in the Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine, and the New Monthly Magazine, 1817-1821
M. Canani
2025
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This contribution examines the representation of German identity in a series of articles published in the Literary Gazette, Blackwood’s Magazine and the NewM Monthly Magazine between 1817 and 1826 against the backdrop of post-Napoleonic British politics. The study investigates the extent to which these periodicals mediated tensions between national concerns and transnational literary engagement. Specific attention is placed on the rhetorical and discursive strategies providing am representation of cultural otherness that combines nationalist conservative policies with an interest in the newly formed German Confederation. The ambivalent portrayal of “Deutschtum” in Romantic periodicals suggests the role of sociopolitical pressures in the construction of Englishness in dialogue with Europe.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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