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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Höcker, Arne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Library, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature and morals.
German prose literature.
Case studies in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Litterature et morale > Allemagne > Histoire.
Prose allemande > Sources.
Prose allemande > Histoire et critique.
Literature and morals > Germany > History.
German prose literature > Sources.
German prose literature > History and criticism.
Germany.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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