The Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany

232 Pages·2006·0.53 MB·English

by  Michael Edward Gorra

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The Bells in Their Silence
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THE BELLS IN THEIR SILENCE
Travels through Germany
MICHAEL GORRA
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON AND OXFORD
Copyright(cid:1) 2004 by Princeton University Press
Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gorra, Michael Edward.
The bells in their silence : travels through Germany / Michael Gorra.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-11765-9 (alk. paper)
1. Germany—Description and travel. 2. Travel writing—History.
3. Germany—In literature. I. Title.
DD21.5.G67 2004
914.304(cid:2)882—dc22 2003056474
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This book has been composed in Sabon
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Printed in the United States of America
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For B. B.
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We ramble about in open country so as to
learn how to ramble about in the singularly
dusty world of books.
—Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl,
The Natural History of the German People
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Contents
Preface The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog xi
CHAPTER ONE Cultural Capital 1
CHAPTER TWO The Peculiarities of German Travel 25
CHAPTER THREE Visible Cities 52
CHAPTER FOUR The Dentist’s House 79
CHAPTER FIVE Fragments and Digressions 107
CHAPTER SIX Hauptstadt 132
CHAPTER SEVEN Family Chronicles 160
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 191
Acknowledgments 205
Index 207