Robert Eduard Prutz und sein Diskurs über Gesellschaft, Politik und Literatur

Robert Eduard Prutz (1816–1872), a Szczecin-born writer, politician, essayist and history and literature professor, is considered to be an eminent 19th century German author. Although his works were popular in the years 1840-1870, they are nowadays forgotten in Germany, and completely unknown in Poland. The aim of this article is to show, on the basis of Prutz’s selected works and pieces of scholarship, the degree to which his work can be construed as a vital part of the then-discourse of society, politics and literature. The article also attempts to characterize the means Prutz uses in order to influence social processes and the ways in which the author’s critical stance becomes an effective structural motif in his works. Additionally, a specific part of the author’s expansive oeuvre will be touched upon, namely the few texts whose main theme is his beloved Pomerania.