Traveling Summer Republic
Autore di Utopia - Revisiting a German State in America
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The book, whose essays come from both German and American scholars, is a tour de force (if one may use a French phrase.) One is immediately impressed by the many and arresting illustrations--modern photographs taken with impressive artistry in Germany and America, and high-quality reproductions of 19th century prints, letters and official documents, Much new or little-known information has been gleaned both from obscure German publications of the 1830s and from archives in Germany and in America.
This is a dual language book in both German and English. And herein is a bit of a problem. The translation of the first two substantial essays (by Kilian Spiethoff and Rolf Schmidt) from the original German to English is a disappointment. It is sometimes awkward, and even in a few cases inaccurate. (This reviewer is not sufficiently fluent in German to fully assess the translation into German of those essays originally written in English.) Nonetheless, this magnificent book is highly recommended to readers of either language.… (altro)