Jefferson, Thomas 1950-

The image of Amirica / America in German poetry since 1945 Thomas Jefferson, - Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2002. - 300 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture . - Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-277) and index.

Pfannkuchen, Coca-Cola, Hollywood, Harlem: America's Early Postwar Image -- Prejudice, Problems, Fragments: Early Postwar Reception of American Poetry -- The 1960s: Jazz Beats Rhythms of Change -- O Taste and See the Projective Verse: Hollerer's "Thesen zum langen Gedicht" -- Vietnam and Erich Fried: America and the German Political Poem of the 1960s -- Kilroy Was Here: Vietnam and the Image of America -- Fiedler Crosses the Border, Brinkmann Closes the Gap: German Pop Poetry -- Travel Destination America: Image and Influence through the mid-1970s -- Casting Light on Mr. Hopper's America: From the Late 1970s through the 1980s -- After the Wall: Luftbrucke und heavy metal sounnz -- Conclusion: Imago America.

1571132422 (acidfree paper)


German poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
American poetry--Appreciation--Germany.


United States--In literature.

PT553.D58 2002

831/.914093273 / JEF 2002