Name	Sealsfield, Charles
Alternative Names	alternative name >> given name: Karl Anton Postl
ID	8809
Gender	male
Lifespan	1793-03-03 - 1864-05-26
Professions	journalist (Q1930187)

Collection(s)	webclient Polarization in the North Atlantic Triangle
Uri(s)	https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/8809/
Notes	Sealsfield wrote mostly about the Old South from an idyllic and decidedly American perspective that depicts the plantations in a positive light, leaving critics to wonder whether he was in fact romanticising and supporting slavery, or encouraging readers to be critical and perceptive of his narrator's contradictions.
References	Kriegleder, Wynfrid. "Looking for a Scapegoat. Germanophone Novelists of the 19th and 20th Century Depicting a Polarized America." Polarization in the North Atlantic Triangle. Vienna: Verlag der ÖAW, 2023.