Edward Bulwer-Lytton's England and the English - A Description of England in the 'Age of Reform'
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Dr. Joachim Mathieu wurde im mittelfränkischen Ansbach geboren. Er studierte Englisch und Geschichte und unterrichtet heute am Gabrieli-Gymnasium in Eichstätt. Viele Jahrzehnte nach der NS-Zeit sichtete er Unterlagen seiner Familie und machte dabei viele unerwartete Entdeckungen. Denn als er ein par alte Briefe und Akten aus einer leicht zerschlissenen Mappe etwas gründlicher anschaute, stellte er fest, dass dahinter eine ganze Menge an Geschichten steckte, die Schicht für Schicht freigelegt werden konnten. Überraschendes über die eigene Familie während und nach der NS-Zeit liess sich zu Tage fördern. Zusätzliche Dokumente aus Staatsarchiven erzählen von den Mitgliedern der eigenen Familie, aber auch exemplarisch von Ariernachweisen und der Frage der Entnazifizierung nach 1945. Dabei gibt es auch Akten aus einem Vaterschaftsprozess von 1893 zu entdecken mit ganz neuen Informationen zur Familie des bislang praktisch gänzliche unbekannten jüdischen Ururgrossvaters Sigmund Klein. Und wer hätte gedacht, dass das Öffnen der alten Aktendeckel am Ende sogar zur Kontaktaufnahme mit einem entfernten jüdischen Verwandten in Florida führen würde, der als Kind ein Spielkamerad von Anne Frank gewesen war? Joachim Mathieu, 20.8 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm, Buch.

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Dr. Joachim Mathieu wurde im mittelfränkischen Ansbach geboren. Er studierte Englisch und Geschichte und unterrichtet heute am Gabrieli-Gymnasium in Eichstätt. Viele Jahrzehnte nach der NS-Zeit sichtete er Unterlagen seiner Familie und machte dabei viele unerwartete Entdeckungen. Denn als er ein par alte Briefe und Akten aus einer leicht zerschlissenen Mappe etwas gründlicher anschaute, stellte er fest, dass dahinter eine ganze Menge an Geschichten steckte, die Schicht für Schicht freigelegt werden konnten. Überraschendes über die eigene Familie während und nach der NS-Zeit liess sich zu Tage fördern. Zusätzliche Dokumente aus Staatsarchiven erzählen von den Mitgliedern der eigenen Familie, aber auch exemplarisch von Ariernachweisen und der Frage der Entnazifizierung nach 1945. Dabei gibt es auch Akten aus einem Vaterschaftsprozess von 1893 zu entdecken mit ganz neuen Informationen zur Familie des bislang praktisch gänzliche unbekannten jüdischen Ururgrossvaters Sigmund Klein. Und wer hätte gedacht, dass das Öffnen der alten Aktendeckel am Ende sogar zur Kontaktaufnahme mit einem entfernten jüdischen Verwandten in Florida führen würde, der als Kind ein Spielkamerad von Anne Frank gewesen war?

If today Edward Bulwer-Lytton is largely remembered 'as one of the dullest and most serious of Victorians', in the nineteenth century he had been one of the most popular writers. This study discusses Bulwer's England and the English which was published in 1833. One year prior to the book's publication the first parliamentary Reform Act had been passed, marking the beginning of what many historians have described as the 'Age of Reform'. Bulwer had considered the early 1830s as an apt point in time not only for an in-depth analysis of this own country and people, but also for suggesting numerous further reforms. This study aims at making Bulwer's highly perceptive comments more accessible to the modern reader. It emerges that Bulwer's analysis of his contemporary England was truly idiosyncratic, but on the other hand much of what he says can also be corroborated from other sources, and accounts of modern historians show that Bulwer was hardly ever off the mark - his analysis of England and the English was not only very discerning but also in advance of this time. In the context of self- and foreign perception, Bulwer's achievement in England and the English is not a mean one, either. It is shown that Bulwer, the political and social reformer, also established himself as a reformer of stereotypes. In the spirit of the friendship of nations (especially the English and the French), too, Bulwer attempted a (re)construction of English national identity not at the expense of maintaining a hostile Other, but by providing a positive feeling of 'uplift'. Comparisons with other countries are mainly employed to provide positive examples. As to the position of England and the English within the tradition of the 'Description of England', the hor demonstrates that the work can be regarded as a new beginning. England and the English can be seen in the satirical tradition, exemplified by the fictional travel accounts by Goldsmith and Southey, but it is a new beginning insofar as it combines satirical elements with suggestions for a positive reformulation of national identity. There remains the problem of Bulwer's position as the anti-aristocratic aristocrat and how at times rather radical ideas were propounded by a man who in later life became an outspoken representative of conservatism. However, the hor hopes that his book will achieve its objective of gaining England and the English the attention it deserves not only among historians and literary scholars, but also in Cultural Studies.

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PHILOLOGIA - Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse, Band 45 262 pages. If today Edward Bulwer-Lytton is largely remembered "as one of the dullest and most serious of Victorians", in the nineteenth century he had been one of the most popular writers. This study discusses Bulwer"s England and the English which was published in 1833. One year prior to the book"s publication the first parliamentary Reform Act had been passed, marking the beginning of what many historians have described as the 'Age of Reform". Bulwer had considered the early 1830s as an apt point in time not only for an in-depth analysis of this own country and people, but also for suggesting numerous further reforms. This study aims at making Bulwer"s highly perceptive comments more accessible to the modern reader. It emerges that Bulwer"s analysis of his contemporary England was truly idiosyncratic, but on the other hand much of what he says can also be corroborated from other sources, and accounts of modern historians show that Bulwer was hardly ever off the mark - his analysis of England and the English was not only very discerning but also in advance of this time. In the context of self- and foreign perception, Bulwer"s achievement in England and the English is not a mean one, either. It is shown that Bulwer, the political and social reformer, also established himself as a reformer of stereotypes. In the spirit of the friendship of nations (especially the English and the French), too, Bulwer attempted a (re)construction of English national identity not at the expense of maintaining a hostile Other, but by providing a positive feeling of 'uplift". Comparisons with other countries are mainly employed to provide positive examples. As to the position of England and the English within the tradition of the 'Description of England", the author demonstrates that the work can be regarded as a new beginning. England and the English can be seen in the satirical tradition, exemplified by the fictional travel accounts by Goldsmith and Southey, but it is a new beginning insofar as it combines satirical elements with suggestions for a positive reformulation of national identity. There remains the problem of Bulwer"s position as the anti-aristocratic aristocrat and how at times rather radical ideas were propounded by a man who in later life became an outspoken representative of conservatism. However, the author hopes that his book will achieve its objective of gaining England and the English the attention it deserves not only among historians and literary scholars, but also in Cultural Studies.

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