Metamorphosis : transformations of the body and the influence of Ovid's Metamorphoses on Germanic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries /

The origins of selected instances of metamorphosis in Germanic literature are traced from their roots in Ovid's Metamorphoses , grouped roughly on an 'ascending evolutionary scale' (invertebrates, birds, animals, and mermaids). Whilst a broad range of mythological, legendary, fairytal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gallagher, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.
Colección:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 127.
Temas:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Influence.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
1800-1999
Metamorphosis in literature.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Métamorphose (Biologie) dans la littérature.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
German literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Metamorphosis in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Signs
  • Introduction
  • Arachnids, Invertebrates and Lepidoptera
  • Avian and Serpentine
  • Myriad Arboreal, Mammalian, Feline and Lupine
  • Melusinas, Nymphs, Water Sprites and Undinas
  • Christoph Ransmayr's Die letzte welt (1988)
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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