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The Long Ride of Major Von Schill
A Journey Through German History and Memory
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2008
Summary
This unique book traces the past 200 years of German history, using an iconic German folk hero as a bellwether of changing politics and culture. In 1809, at the height of Napoleon's power in Europe, the Prussian Major Ferdinand von Schill led a revolt against the French empire. Within a month his rebellion was crushed, and Schill became a martyr for German nationalists. As the years passed, Schill's legend grew and evolved until he had become one of Germany's most famous and celebrated Napoleonic figures: the subject of hundreds of novels, poems, plays, operas, films, biographies, and monuments.
Sam A. Mustafa explores the radical changes in German society and politics in the two centuries since Schill's death. In the first English-language work on the subject, he shows how Schill remarkably endured as other heroes fell in and out of fashion. For imperial propagandists, Liberal Democrats, Nazis, and Communists alike, he was a favorite historical icon and cultural touchstone. The author traces how an obscure failed rebel became a revered national symbol of patriotism and heroism and the ways each successive German regime coopted his story for its own ideological mission. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary sources, Mustafa considers the nature of patriotism, the creation of heroes and heroic mythology, and the fragility of history itself in a masterful narrative that will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in the German experience during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Edition
1/2008
Copyright Year
2008
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-5697-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7425-5743-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
326
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Preface No access
cknowledgments No access
A Note Regarding Translation and Spelling No access
Abbreviations Used in the Notes No access
Chapter 01. I Would Rather Die a Thousand Deaths No access Pages 1 - 30
Chapter 02. He Could DoWonderful Things No access Pages 31 - 70
Chapter 03. An End with Terrors No access Pages 71 - 122
Chapter 04. Spirit of Our Ferdinand No access Pages 123 - 152
