Hermann Goedsches "Nena Sahib oder: Die Empörung in Indien" (1859). Ein antibritischer Kolonialroman unter den Bedingungen eines medialen Paradigmenwechsels
Hermann Goedsche’s "Nena Sahib oder: Die Empörung in Indien" (1859). An Anti-British Colonial Novel under the Influence of a Medial Paradigm Shift

Summary/Abstract: Goedsche’s novel "Nena Sahib", published in 1859, portrays the Indian struggle for independence in 1857/58 as an immediate consequence of the ill-fated British colonial politics. As shown in the article, the author is inspired by role models such as Alexandre Dumas and Paul Féval, but his portrayal of the novel’s subject matter is also closely connected to medial revolutions of his time – the telegram and press releases based on it. The article therefore focuses on the process of construing a historical event under the circumstances of a medial paradigm shift on the one hand and the related political orientation of the novel on the other hand.

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