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The Case of Literature : Forensic Narratives from Goethe to Kafka /

"This book shows that narrative literature beginning in the late 18th century works out a mode of representing individual cases that exceeds singularity and novelty but stops short of generality and moral didacticism. Two essential questions guide the author's work here: How does this new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Höcker, Arne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Library, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The case of Werther and the institution of literature
  • "Observe, write!" : histories of observation and the psychological novel Anton Reiser
  • Hot and cold : history, casuistry, and literature in Schiller and Kleist
  • Schmolling, Hoffmann, Hitzig, and the problem of legal responsibility
  • The drama of the case : making the case of Woyzeck
  • Drama, anecdote, case : Wedekind's Lulu
  • Freud's cases
  • Fantasy of facts : Döblin's poetics of uncertainty
  • The man of possibilities : Musil's Moosbrugger.