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Goethe's Cyclical Narratives: Die Unterhaltungen Deutscher Ausgewanderten and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre

Goethe's Cyclical Narratives: Die Unterhaltungen Deutscher Ausgewanderten and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre

Brown, Jane K.

Paperback

Series: University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a, Book 82

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1469657171
ISBN13: 9781469657172
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 1 2020
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The novelty of this study lies in its techniques for understanding the deliberate narrative contradictions and elusive parody in Goethe's work. Interpretation of the entire Unterhaltungen, including the Märchen, establishes Goethe's principles of cyclical composition. By pursuing the elaboration of these principles in the Wanderjahre -- the undependable narrator, multiple perspectives, and parody of popular eighteenth-century figures -- the author interprets the cultural and social significance of Goethe's most sophisticated novel.

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