'Das Auge der Landschaft:' Contrasting Landscapes in Theodor Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel. (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bade, James
• Is Part Of: Journal of language, literature and culture. Volume 61:Number 3(2014)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 166
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Philology -- Periodicals; Language and culture -- Periodicals; Literature -- Periodicals; 400
• DOI: 10.1179/2051285614Z.00000000039
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-2856

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Fontane's mastery of literary landscapes comes to the fore in <italic>Frau Jenny Treibel</italic> (1892). Landscapes in <italic>Frau Jenny Treibel</italic> may be divided, as in <italic>Irrungen, Wirrungen</italic>, into those of obligation and those of inclination. The landscapes of obligation are the central Berlin locales associated with the two key families—the Schmidts and the Treibels—while the landscapes of inclination are those encountered on excursions away from central Berlin—Leopold Treibel's ride alongside the Spree to Treptow, and the group excursion to Halensee and the Grunewaldsee. The central Berlin landscape wins out, but the abiding landscapes are those of Treptow, Halensee, and the Grunewaldsee, where Leopold and Corinna dream of a love that will never succeed.</p> </abstract>