Germany's Wild East: Constructing Poland as Colonial Space

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Germany’s Wild East Constructing Poland as Colonial Space Kristin Kopp The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by Kristin Kopp 2012 All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-­ free paper 2015 2014 2013 2012  4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kopp, Kristin Leigh. Germany’s wild east : constructing Poland as colonial space / Kristin Kopp.    p.   cm.—(Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-472-11844-1 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-472-02858-0 (e-book) 1. Germany—Relations—Poland. 2. Poland—Relations—Germany. 3. Germany— Territorial expansion—Philosophy. 4. Germany—Intellectual life—19th century. 5. Germany—Intellectual life—20th century. 6. German literature—19th century— History and criticism. 7. German literature—20th century—History and criticism 8. Colonies in literature. 9. Germans—Poland—History. I. Title. DD120.P7K67  2012 303.48'243043809034—dc23 2012012805 For my parents Acknowledgments Many different people and institutions have made the research and writing of this book possible. I am particularly grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for its generous financial and institutional support, and also extend great thanks to the Research Board and Research Council of the University of Missouri, the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley, the Social Science Research Council’s Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, the Humanities Research Council , and the Kościuszko Foundation, who all provided funding and support at various stages of the project. I benefited immensely from presenting and discussing my work-­ in-­ progress at lectures and workshops hosted by the Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society in Haifa, the Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto, the Kolloquium Osteuropäische Geschichte and the Oldenburger Ringvorlesung zur Geschichte in Oldenburg, the Literaturwissenschaftliches Forschungskolloquium at the Slavic Institute in Berlin, the Osteuropa-­ Kolloquium in Frankfurt (Oder), the Zentrum vergleichender Geschichte Europas in Berlin, and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Vienna. My warm thanks toArnd Bauerkämper, Werner Benecke, Jennifer Jenkins , Magdalena Marszałek, Siegfried Mattl, Amos Morris-­ Reich, Sylvia Sasse, Zur Shalev, and Philipp Ther for making these exchanges possible. My special thanks to Hans Henning Hahn, who both organized several public presentations in Oldenburg, and also made it possible for me to teach a rewarding summer seminar with his history students at the Carl von Ossietzky University. For the advice, feedback, and support they provided at various stages of this book’s preparation, I am grateful to Leslie Adelson, Eric Ames, Jeff Bowersox , Winson Chu, Sara Hall, Jennifer Jenkins, Jennifer Kapczynski, Marcia Klotz, Sara Lennox, Vejas Liulevicius, Paweł Lutomski, Jerzy Maśnicki, Bradley Naranch, Robert L. Nelson, Annemarie Sammartino, Gregor Thum, Heidemarie Uhl, Tobias Weger, Lora Wildenthal, Gotthart Wunberg, and Andrew viii    Acknowledgments Zimmermann. I am especially grateful to Geoff Eley for his support of my project and for introducing my volume into his series. Some of the best ideas in this book were developed in dialogue with Klaus Müller-­ Richter, a truly cherished critic and interlocutor who provided extensive feedback on my written work and ideas-­ in-­ progress. My deepest thanks also to Anton Kaes and Hinrich C. Seeba who oversaw the dissertation out of which this book arose. Their enthusiasm and intellectual generosity not only made the original project possible but also exemplified the role to which I now aspire as a scholar and colleague. I feel extremely fortunate to be a member of the German program at the University of Missouri, where I have great colleagues who work to create an environment conducive to research and the exchange of ideas while also being great friends that I always enjoy hanging out with. For their support and collegiality , and simply for picking up slack during the final phases of this project I thank Roger Cook, Stefani Engelstein, Monika Fischer...