Popular history and fiction: the myth of August the Strong in German literature, art, and media
This thesis concerns the function of fiction in the creation of an historical myth and the uses that that myth is put to in a number of periods and differing régimes. Its case study is the popular myth of August the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, as a man of extraordinary...
Main Author: | Brook, M |
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Other Authors: | Watanabe-O'Kelly, H |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2011
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