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Article: Between National Fantasies and Regional Realities: The Paradox of Identity in Nineteenth-Century German Literature.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2008
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Between National Fantasies and Regional Realities: The Paradox of Identity in Nineteenth-Century German Literature. By arne Koch. (North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature, 39) Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang. 2006. 266 pp. 31 [pounds sterling]; 947.40; $52.95. ISBN 978-3-03910-939-5.
While the combined impacts of globalization, postcolonial migration, and European unification redefine the relationship between regions and nation in transnational contexts in the twenty-first century, Germany's struggle for national unification during the nineteenth century faced the combined obstacles of regional cultural diversity and political fragmentation. ...