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"...auch nur ein Bild." Krankheit und Tod bei Theodor Fontane

Bontrup, Hiltrud. "... auch nur ein Bild." Krankheit and Tod bei Theodor Fontane. Hamburg: Argument, 2000. 206 pp. DM 34.80.

Most published doctoral dissertations are tedious and laborious in terms of presentation and sophistication. The latter applies even more to published Master's theses. Bontrup's examination of the themes of death and disease in Fontane is no exception. Using three major works by one of Prussia's most notable Realists, L'Adultera, Schach von Wuthenow, and Cecile, Bontrup proposes to shed light on the "Selbstverstandnis einer Epoche oder literarischen Str/mung and ihrem soziokulturellen Kontext"(7) by focusing on two culturally significant literary themes. Yet her ...

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