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Editorial Reviews
The German Quarterly
"A brilliant book well produced by Duke and a major German addition to Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson's series on 'Post-contemporary Interventions.' There is a real reason to study things German!" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"A brilliant book well produced by Duke and a major German addition to Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson’s series on ‘Post-contemporary Interventions.’ There is a real reason to study things German!"
--The German Quarterly
“This is an important book which, developed in an interdisciplinary plane, argues persuasively for a widening of the field of colonial and post-colonial studies by exploring a historical period hitherto neglected by this critical approach. A readable book, based on meticulously researched material and sound scholarly foundations, it will introduce original and fascinating perspectives into a variety of scholarly disciplines.”
--The International History Review
“[R]eaders interested in feminist theory, colonialism, and ethic issues will find [Colonial Fantasies] useful. . . . [Zantop’s] insights regarding the gendered undertones of the dreams, i.e., colonizer (male) and colonized (female), the difference between Germans and others, and the German colonizers in fictional familial settings are very helpful.”
--Choice
“Taking a scholarly approach typical of the ‘new historicism,’ one of the schools of postmodernist literary criticism, the author uses written material from a wide variety of genres, discussing equally high and low culture, literature for children and for adults, and works of fiction and nonfiction. . . . [Zantop] has read an impressive number of texts, ranging from the fairly well known, such as Kleist’s Die Verlobung in St. Domingo, to the extremely obscure. There are a number of interesting chapters on the contents of these works.”
--Central European History
“Students of post-colonialism and German colonialism as well as scholars interested in the formation of German identities will find much of value in this stimulating book, which illustrates the burgeoning interest, evident in a wide range of work across a variety of disciplines, in German colonialism. . . . Colonial Fantasies constitutes an important contribution both to our understanding of German colonial desire and to our understanding of the formation of national identity. The author does a great service in reminding us that, before the advent of colonial acquisition, there was a long period of literary and psychological preparation, a prehistory of desire. Professor Zantop has also managed the laudable feat of a sophisticated study that weaves together disparate theoretical strains while keeping the jargon mostly in check.”
--H-Net Reviews
“[Colonial Fantasies] offers excellent reading on German colonialism. The analysis of selected texts and master paradigms in their historical setting and political climate is built on circumspect, intricate, yet clearly formulated arguments. Abundant factual documentation blends with a productive interpretive sensibility that extends to subtle . . . points about subconscious implications in the collective German mind.”
--Herbert Knust, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
“The important success of her study which adds considerably to our understanding of German intellectual life, is the demonstration of the extensive concern with complex overseas affairs, the relationship between Europe and the rest of the world, long before Germany had even become a nation.”
--Russell A. Berman, Modern Philology
“By focusing not on travelogues and eye-witness accounts but on the domestic discourse, Zantop’s dense and clearly defined study breaks truly new ground. . . .”
--Florian Krobb, Modern Language Review
“Whatever reservations one may harbor about postcolonial studies, Zantop’s work is nevertheless easily accessible because she avoids the sometimes intentionally obtuse language that plagues this field. As such her book becomes an important resource to introductory classes dealing with this topic. . . . Historians dealing with the topics of colonialism and nationalism will find [this] work particularly enlightening.”
--Rainer Buschmann, Journal of World History
"[A] forceful collection of materials . . . . [A] ground-breaking opening in the field. . . . [V]aluable for any researcher . . . ."
--Rex Clark, Eighteenth-Century Studies
See all Editorial Reviews
"A brilliant book well produced by Duke and a major German addition to Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson's series on 'Post-contemporary Interventions.' There is a real reason to study things German!" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"A brilliant book well produced by Duke and a major German addition to Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson’s series on ‘Post-contemporary Interventions.’ There is a real reason to study things German!"
--The German Quarterly
“This is an important book which, developed in an interdisciplinary plane, argues persuasively for a widening of the field of colonial and post-colonial studies by exploring a historical period hitherto neglected by this critical approach. A readable book, based on meticulously researched material and sound scholarly foundations, it will introduce original and fascinating perspectives into a variety of scholarly disciplines.”
--The International History Review
“[R]eaders interested in feminist theory, colonialism, and ethic issues will find [Colonial Fantasies] useful. . . . [Zantop’s] insights regarding the gendered undertones of the dreams, i.e., colonizer (male) and colonized (female), the difference between Germans and others, and the German colonizers in fictional familial settings are very helpful.”
--Choice
“Taking a scholarly approach typical of the ‘new historicism,’ one of the schools of postmodernist literary criticism, the author uses written material from a wide variety of genres, discussing equally high and low culture, literature for children and for adults, and works of fiction and nonfiction. . . . [Zantop] has read an impressive number of texts, ranging from the fairly well known, such as Kleist’s Die Verlobung in St. Domingo, to the extremely obscure. There are a number of interesting chapters on the contents of these works.”
--Central European History
“Students of post-colonialism and German colonialism as well as scholars interested in the formation of German identities will find much of value in this stimulating book, which illustrates the burgeoning interest, evident in a wide range of work across a variety of disciplines, in German colonialism. . . . Colonial Fantasies constitutes an important contribution both to our understanding of German colonial desire and to our understanding of the formation of national identity. The author does a great service in reminding us that, before the advent of colonial acquisition, there was a long period of literary and psychological preparation, a prehistory of desire. Professor Zantop has also managed the laudable feat of a sophisticated study that weaves together disparate theoretical strains while keeping the jargon mostly in check.”
--H-Net Reviews
“[Colonial Fantasies] offers excellent reading on German colonialism. The analysis of selected texts and master paradigms in their historical setting and political climate is built on circumspect, intricate, yet clearly formulated arguments. Abundant factual documentation blends with a productive interpretive sensibility that extends to subtle . . . points about subconscious implications in the collective German mind.”
--Herbert Knust, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
“The important success of her study which adds considerably to our understanding of German intellectual life, is the demonstration of the extensive concern with complex overseas affairs, the relationship between Europe and the rest of the world, long before Germany had even become a nation.”
--Russell A. Berman, Modern Philology
“By focusing not on travelogues and eye-witness accounts but on the domestic discourse, Zantop’s dense and clearly defined study breaks truly new ground. . . .”
--Florian Krobb, Modern Language Review
“Whatever reservations one may harbor about postcolonial studies, Zantop’s work is nevertheless easily accessible because she avoids the sometimes intentionally obtuse language that plagues this field. As such her book becomes an important resource to introductory classes dealing with this topic. . . . Historians dealing with the topics of colonialism and nationalism will find [this] work particularly enlightening.”
--Rainer Buschmann, Journal of World History
"[A] forceful collection of materials . . . . [A] ground-breaking opening in the field. . . . [V]aluable for any researcher . . . ."
--Rex Clark, Eighteenth-Century Studies
See all Editorial Reviews
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