Siegfried the Wrestler: The Wilhelmine World of a Colportage Novel

Continually attacked by government officials and educators, installment or colportage novels fascinated their underprivileged readers. Melodrama and sensation were essential ingredients. The hurriedly written, rambling plots sought to electrify fantasies of women with new turn-of-the-century aspirations. They also fused raw political ideas offering populist and paternalist solutions to society's challenges and tensions. Through the study of one rare, surviving colportage novel, Peter S. Fisher offers an unusual mental and visual panorama of a nearly vanished Wilhelmine world.

Author: Peter S. Fisher
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 08/01/2023
Series: Lettre
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9783837666915