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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lyon, John B., 1966-
Autor Corporativo: Bucknell University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg [PA] : Bucknell University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.
ISBN:9780838758700
0838758703
083875631X
9780838756317