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050 00 $aDD418.6.S33$bM87 2008
082 00 $a940.2/742092$222
100 1 $aMustafa, Sam A.
245 14 $aThe long ride of Major von Schill :$ba journey through German history and memory /$cSam A. Mustafa.
260 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$cc2008.
300 $axxv, 313 p., [10] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index.
505 0 $aI would rather die a thousand deaths -- He could do wonderful things -- End with terrors -- Spirit of our Ferdinand -- Triumphant, dangerous magic -- Empire of memory -- All is not lost -- He is a soldier, and must obey -- More than just blood or homeland -- Epilogue : Schill Street.
520 1 $a"This unique book traces the past two hundred 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 War."--Jacket.
600 10 $aSchill, Ferdinand von,$d1776-1809$xIn literature.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1789-1900.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHeroes$zGermany$xHistory.
650 0 $aCollective memory$zGermany.
988 $a20081029
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