Crafting flesh, crafting the self : violence and identity in early nineteenth-century German literature /
This book analyzes wounded human bodies in early nineteenth-century German literature and traces their connection to changing philosophical models of the self. It argues that literary representations and metaphors of violence against the body not only offer powerful physical referents for a concept...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewisburg [PA] :
Bucknell University Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book analyzes wounded human bodies in early nineteenth-century German literature and traces their connection to changing philosophical models of the self. It argues that literary representations and metaphors of violence against the body not only offer powerful physical referents for a concept of self, but that they also define violence as an integral component of the self. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780838758700 0838758703 083875631X 9780838756317 |