Adultera, L’, 109–11, 163, 175, 179, 189–90, 194, 196
Alexis, Willibald, 45, 149–53, 170–71
Ahnen, Die (Freytag), 46
Anzensgruber, Ludwig, 143
Arnim, Achim von (father), 7
Arnim, Bettina von (mother), 7
Aschenbrödl (Benedix), 125
Aus den Tagen der Okkupation, 154
ballads, x, xii, 8, 9, 10–15, 22–23, 28–33, 105–8
Balzac, Honore de, 46
Bebel, August, 193
Beiträge zur neuern Geschichte (Raumer), 28–29
Berlin, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 19, 20, 23, 175–79, 185–86
Berliner Fremden und Anzeigeblatt (Decker), 74–75
Berlin Express, 9
Berlin novels, 109–11, 175–79, 185–92
See also novels of society
Fontane as critic of, 120–22, 127–44
Young German movement and, 141–42
Bernstorff, Graf von, xiii
Birch-Pfeiffer, Charlotte, 125, 134, 140
Fontane and, 47, 96–98, 99, 104–18
Björnson, Björnstjerne, 143
Bohemia, Fontane’s articles on, 74–75
Boswell, James, 48
“Bridge on the Tay, The,” 15
Bürger, Gottfried August, 11
Carolinger, Die (Wildenbruch), 126, 138
Cecile, 44–45, 66, 111–12, 177, 182, 185, 186, 188, 194
Chamisso, Adelbert von, 194–95
“Changes in the Mark,” 59
Charles I (king of England), ballad on, 29
Cistercians, in Wanderungen durchdie Mark Brandenburg, 51, 63–64
class relationships, Fontane and, 192–93
Conrad, Michael Georg, 173
Crayn, Fräulein von, 46
Deutsche Geschichte im XIX. Jahrhundert (Treitschke), 174–75
Devrient, Ludwig, 123
Doebbelin, Karl Theophil, 122
Doll’s House, A (Ibsen), 142
Dorf und Stadt (Birch-Pfeiffer), 140
Dossebruch, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 66
Douglas, Gawain, 33
Dresden, 6
Dresdener Zeitung, 16
Dunbar, William, 33
“Dying Douglas, The,” 30
Effi Briest, 112, 182, 185, 187–88, 189, 194, 196–97, 198
Egmont (Goethe), 125
Ekkehard (Scheffel), 151
Ellernklipp, 20
Emilia Galotti (Lessing), 125
Eternal Spring (Reiner), 10
falsche Waldemar, Der (Alexis), 150, 151
Familie Selike, Die (Arno and Schlaff), 143
Faust (Goethe), 130
“First Love of Henri IV, The,” 8
Fitger, Arthur, 143
Fontane, Martha (daughter), 193, 197
Fontane, Theodor
ballads of, x, xii, 8, 9, 10–15, 22–23, 28–33, 105–8
Berlin and, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 19, 20, 23, 175–79, 185–86
Bismark and, 96–98, 99, 104–18
in Dresden, 6
family of, 7, 8, 9–10, 16, 35, 36, 153–54, 193
as first secretary of Prussian Academy of Arts, 153–54
history and, xi, xii–xiii, 3–24 (see also historical novels; military history)
influences on, 10, 27–28, 33–35, 40, 45–47, 147–53, 170–71
in Leipzig, 6
letters of, x, 99, 100, 101, 113–14, 117, 198
in London, xiii, 17–19, 23, 36, 97
military service of, 6, 8–9, 16, 28
political journalism of, x, xiii, 6, 16–18, 20, 22, 35, 36, 97, 119
theater criticism of, x, 20, 44, 120–22, 127–44
See also Berlin novels; historical novels; military history; novels of society; travel literature
“Frauen-Liebe und Leben” (Chamisso), 194–95
Frau Jenny Treibel, 109, 128, 179, 181, 188, 190–92, 193
Frederick William, Crown Prince, 123
in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 61
Frederick William I, 23
Frederick William II, 56, 58, 66, 122
Frederick William III, 46, 56, 115
in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 61
Frederick William IV, 6, 29, 57
Freund des Fürsten, Der (Wichert), 135
Freytag, Gustav, 46, 77, 147, 172
“Fridericus Rex, unser König und Held” (Alexis), 149–50
Friedensfest, Das (Hauptmann), 143
genius, Fontane on, 102
Gerlach, Leopold von, Bismarck’s letter to, 100–101
German War of 1866, The, xiii, 73–75, 85–91
Gesellschaft, Die, 173
Glove, A (Björnson), 143
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, xi, 11, 27, 130
on Bismarck, 98
Fontane’s review of, 134
on Förster, 55
Royal Theater productions of, 125
on Scott, 27
social realism lacking from, 174
on Teltower Rübchen, 60
Young German movement and, 141
Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de, 143
Gottschall, Rudolf, 126, 135–37
Granson, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 62
gratifications, Fontane on, 103–4
Grete Minde, 20
Grosse, Julius, 126
Gutzkow, Karl, 4–5, 126, 127, 137–38
Hahn, Werner, 16
Hamburgische Dramaturgie (Lessing), 143–44
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 131
Harden, Maximilian, 109, 141, 176
Harold (Wildenbruch), 138
Friedla nder, Georg, 99, 116, 177–78 Hart, Heinrich and Julius, 141
Fünf Schlößer, 51
Hayn, A. W., 15
Hazlitt, William, ix, 140, 141
“Heart of Douglas, The” (Strachwitz), 9
Heart of Midlothian, The (Scott), 40, 47
Heine, Heinrich, ix, 98, 129–30, 141, 174
Henrietta Maréchal (Edmond and Jules de Goncourt), 143
Henry IV, Part I (Shakespeare), 44, 131
Henry IV, Part II (Shakespeare), 131
Henrysoun, Robert, 33
Herder, Johann Gottfried von, 11
Herrig, Hans, 126
“Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland,” 10
Hertz, Wilhelm, 22, 49, 72, 146, 148
Herzog Bernhard von Weimar (Gottschall), 135–36
on Bismarck, 99
historical novels, 20, 43–44, 46, 64, 145–70
Ellernklipp, 20
Grete Minde, 20
Schach von Wuthenow, 20, 23, 46, 120, 146, 163–71, 185
Vor dem Sturm, 10, 20, 33, 46, 64, 72, 145–49, 153–63, 163, 169
Holz, Arno, 143
Hosen des Herrn von Bredow, Die (Alexis), 151, 152
Idealisten, Die (Putlitz), 127–28
Iffland, A. W., 120, 122, 123, 140–41, 170
Iphigenie auf Tauris, 129–30, 140
Irrungen, Wirrungen, 111–12, 180, 181, 182, 193–94, 196
Isegrimm (Alexis), 149, 151, 152
Johnson, Samuel, 48
Juvenal, ix
Kabale und Liebe (Schiller), 124, 133, 134
Käthchen von Heilbronn (Kleist), 52
Katte tragedy, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, x, 51, 61
Keith, Jacob, ballad about, 13–14, 105
Kleist, Heinrich von
grave of in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51–53
Royal Theater productions of, 125
Koberstein, Karl, 126
Kolberg (Heyse), 126, 135, 138
Kreuzzeitung, 20, 71, 74, 97, 119, 183
Krieg gegen Frankreich, Der (The War Against France), x, 43–44, 71–72, 74, 77–79, 91–95, 97–98, 154
Kriegsgefangenen, 154
Kritische Waffengänge (Hart, Heinrich and Julius), 141
Lady of the Lake (Scott), 38
Lament for the Makaris, The (Dunbar), 33
Langhans theater, 122
Leipzig, 6
Lepel, Bernhard von, 8–9, 16, 35–36, 37, 38, 42, 63
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 124–25, 130, 143–44, 144
letters, x, 99, 100, 101, 113–14, 117, 198
Lindau, Paul, 175
Lindner, Albert, 126
Linné, Peter Joseph, 56
“Lovely Lass o’ Inverness, The” (Burns), 34–35
Ludwig II of Bavaria, 19
Luise, Queen, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 61–62
Macbeth (Shakespeare), 132
Mann, Thomas, 4, 99, 102, 174, 199
Maria Stuart (Schiller), 124, 133, 134
“Märker and the Berliner and How Berlinertum Developed, The,” 23
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, 39, 40, 43
Mathilde Möhring, 181, 196, 198
Medea (Grillparzer), 125
Meeres und der Liebe Wellen, Des (Grillparzer), 125
Merckel, Wilhelm von, 16
military history, x, xiii, 20, 23, 24, 70–95, 97–98, 119, 154
Aus den Tagen der Okkupation, 154
The German War of 1866, xiii, 73–75, 85–91
Der Krieg gegen Frankreich (The War Against France), x, 43–44, 71–72, 74, 77–79, 91–95, 97–98, 154
Kriegsgefangenen, 154
The Schleswig Holstein War, 73, 78, 79–85
Minna von Barnhelm (Lessing), 124
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Scott), 10, 33
misanthropy, Fontane on, 102–3
Nathan der Weise (Lessing), 125, 130
naturalist movement, 173
See also novels of society
Neuruppin, 176
in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 60
novels of society, xi–xii, 20, 44–45, 47, 66, 111–12, 146, 163, 175–79
L’ Adultera, 109–11, 163, 175, 179, 189–90, 194, 196
Cecile, 44–45, 66, 111–12, 177, 182, 185, 186, 188, 194
Effi Briest, 112, 182, 185, 187–88, 189, 194, 196–97, 198
Frau Jenny Treibel, 109, 128, 179, 181, 188, 190–92, 193
German literature lacking in, 172–75
Irrungen, Wirrungen, 111–12, 180, 181, 182, 193–94, 196
Mathilde Möhring, 181, 196, 198
Die Poggenpuhls, 112, 181, 188
Stechlin, Der, 62, 112–13, 179, 181, 185, 188, 192, 193
Stine, 179, 182, 189, 194, 196, 197
Unwiederbringlich, 163, 180, 182, 193
Oderbruch, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 68
“Old Derffling, The,” 10, 12–13, 15, 105
“Old Ziethen, The,” 10
Oman, Sir Charles, 70
Opfer um Opfer (Wildenbruch), 138
Paretz, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 61–62
Pfaueninsel, in Wanderungen durchdie Mark Brandenburg, 51, 55–Rouanet, Emilie (wife), 9–10, 153–58
Piccolomini, Die (Schiller), 133–34
Pitt and Fox (Gottschall), 126, 136–37
“Plea for Military History, A” (Oman), 70
Poggenpuhls, Die, 112, 181, 188
political journalism, x, xiii, 6, 16–18, 20, 22, 35, 36, 97, 119
Power of Darkness (Tolstoi), 143
Preuß, J. A. E., 22
Puttkamer, Johanna von, Bismark’s letters to, 100
Quitzows, Die (Wildenbruch), 112, 126, 138–40
Rachel (Ė lisabeth Felix), 56–58
Raüber, Die (Schiller), 122, 124, 133
Raumer, Friedrich von, 28–29, 33
Reich-Ranicki, Marcel, 121
Reiner, Ludwig, 10
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (Percy), 10, 33
Reuter, Hans-Heinrich, x–xi, 143–44
Richard III (Shakespeare), 144
Rodenberg, Julius, 145, 149, 151
Rohr, Mathilde von, 15, 94, 154, 185, 192, 193
Roland von Berlin, Der (Alexis), 150, 151–52
Roon, Albrecht von, Bismarck to, 101
Rouanet, Emilie (wife), 9–10, 153–54
Fontane as critic for, x, 20, 44, 120–22, 127–43
Ruhe ist die erst Bürgerpflicht (Alexis), 149, 151, 152, 170–71
Salon für Literatur, Kunst und Gesellschaft (Rodenberg), 149, 151
“Scenes and Stories from Mark Brandenburg,” 20
Schach von Wuthenow, 20, 23, 46, 120, 146, 163–71, 185
Schadow, Johann Christoph, 22
Scharlach, Bismarck’s letters to, 100
Scheffel, Viktor, 151
Scherenberg, Christian Friedrich, 11
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, 22
on Bismarck, 98
Royal Theater productions of, 120, 124–36
Schinkel, Karl Friedrich, 51, 55, 56, 58, 122–23, 141
Schlaf, Johannes, 143
Schleswig Holstein War, The, 73, 78, 79–85
Schloß Avalon (Alexis), 150
Schloß Tegel, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 53–55
Scott, Sir Walter, 10, 27–28, 33, 35, 38, 40, 45–46, 47, 147–49, 153
Seydelmann, Karl, 123
Shakespeare, William, 44, 98, 124, 130–33, 144
social realism. See novels of society
sociological novels, 173
See also novels of society
Soldatenfreund, Der (Schneider), 15
songs, Fontane on, 103
Sorrows of the Young Werther, The (Goethe), 27
Spreewald, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 51, 66–68
Stechlin, Der, 62, 112–13, 179, 181, 185, 188, 192, 193
Stechlin, in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, 62–63
Stine, 179, 182, 189, 194, 196, 197
Störenfried, Der (Benedix), 125, 134
Storm, Theodor, 6–7, 9, 71, 178
Strachwitz, Moritz Graf von, 9
Summer in London, A, 17
Testament of Cresseid (Henrysoun), 33
theater. See Berlin theater
theater criticism, x, 20, 44, 120–22, 127–44
Tieck, Ludwig, 27
Tolstoi, Leo, 143
Torquato Tasso (Goethe), 134
travel literature, x, xii–xiii, 20, 24, 36–42, 48–69, 74
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg), x, xii–xiii, 20, 24, 39, 43, 48–69, 74, 119, 147, 161, 185, 198
Treitschke, Heinrich von, 174–75
Tunnel Over the Spree, 8–10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, 35, 77, 104
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare), 132–33
“Two Last Nights,” 29
Unwiederbringlich, 163, 180, 182, 193
Uriel Acosta (Gutzkow), 120–21, 127, 137–38
vacation plans, Fontane on, 103
Verein Freie Bühne, Fontane as critic for, 141–43
vierte Gebot, Das (Anzensgruber), 143
Vischer, Friedrich Theodor, 108–9
Von Gottes Gnaden (Fitger), 143
Vor dem Sturm, 10, 20, 33, 46, 64, 72, 145–49, 153–63, 163, 169
Vor Sonnenaufgang (Hauptmann), 142
Voss, Richard, 126
Voss, Sophie von, 66
Vossische Zeitung, Fontane as theater critic for, x, 20, 22, 44, 120–22, 127–44
Waise von Lowood, Die (Birch-Pfeiffer), 125
Walladmor (Alexis), 150
Wallensteins Lager (Schiller), 133–34, 136
“Wandering Bothwell, The,” 32
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg), x, xii–xiii, 20, 24, 39, 43, 48–69, 74, 119, 147, 161, 185, 198
war books. See military history
Wärwolf, Der (Alexis), 151, 152
Waverley (Scott), 27–28, 46, 148
Weihe der Kraft, Die (Werner), 120
Werner, Zacharias, 120
“Where Bismarck Should Lie,” 107–8
Wichert, Ernst, 135
Wildenbruch, Ernst von, 112, 126, 138–40
Wilhelm Tell (Schiller), 124, 134
William I of Prussia, 43
Woman and Socialism (Die Frau und der Sozialismus) (Bebel), 193
women, Fontane on, 44–45, 193–97, 198, 199
Young German movement, 4, 141–42
zerbrochene Krug, Der (Kleist), 125
Zöllner, Karl, 77