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.
Temas:
Hölderlin, Friedrich.
Brentano, Clemens.
Kleist, Heinrich{von.
Büchner, Georg.
Dantons Dood
Hyperion, oder der Eremit in Griechenland.
Der zerbrochne Krug.
Godwi oder das steinerne Bild der Mutter.
1800-1899
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Wounds and injuries in literature.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Lésions et blessures dans la littérature.
German literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Wounds and injuries in literature
Gewalt > Motiv
Literatur
Körper > Motiv
Wunde > Motiv
Verletzung > Motiv
Deutsch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The divided self: "We think of nothing excellent without thinking of its distorted opposite": Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion
  • Trauma and the self: "To find a home only in the deep scars of my wounds": Clemens Brentano's Godwi
  • The self and systems of power: "To recognize the culprit by his wound": Heinrich von Kleist's The broken pitcher
  • Violence and the tenacity of the self: "I am something, that's the misery of it!": Georg Büchner's Danton's death.

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