Overview

Cutting-edge scholarly articles on diverse aspects of Goethe and his age, featuring in this volume a special section on the poetics of space in the Goethezeit. The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, encouraging North American Goethe scholarship by publishing original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world. Volume 24 features a special section titled ""The Poetics of Space in the Goethezeit,"" co-edited by John Lyon and Elliott Schreiber, with contributions on blind spots in Goethe's Elective Affinities; on the topography and topoi of Goethe's autobiographical childhood; on disorientation and the subterranean in Novalis; on selfhood, sovereignty, and public space in Die italienische Reise and Dichtung und Wahrheit; on Goethe's theater of anamnesis in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre; and on spatial mobilization in Kleist's Berliner Abendblatter. There are also articles on the horror of coming home in Caroline de la Motte Fouque's ""Der Abtrunnige"" and on Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi's Eduard Allwills Papiere. Contributors: Colin Benert, Stephanie Galasso, Tove Holmes, Edgar Landgraf, Sara Luly, John B. Lyon, Anthony Mahler, Monika Nenon, Joseph O'Neil, Elliott Schreiber, Inge Stephan, Gabriel Trop, Christian P. Weber. Adrian Daub is Associate Professor of German at Stanford. Elisabeth Krimmer is Professor of German at the University of California Davis. Book review editor Birgit Tautz is Associate Professor of German at Bowdoin College.

Full Product Details

Author:   Adrian Daub (Contributor) ,  Elisabeth Krimmer (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Camden House Inc
Volume:   v. 24
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.632kg
ISBN:  

9781571139771

ISBN 10:   157113977
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Introduction to the Special Section on the Poetics of Space in the Goethezeit The Theater of Anamnesis: The Spaces of Memory and the Exteriority of Time in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre Affective Enclosures: The Topography and Topoi of Goethe's Autobiographical Childhood Blind Spots as Projection Spaces in Die Wahlverwandtschaften Disorientation in Novalis or ""The Subterranean Homesick Blues"" Selfhood, Sovereignty, and Public Space in Die italienische Reise, ""Das Rochus-Fest zu Bingen,"" and Dichtung und Wahrheit, Book Five Spatial Mobilization: Kleist's Strategic Road Map for the Berliner Abendblätter and Tactical Displacements in the ""Tagesbegebenheiten"" ""Daseyn enthüllen"": Zum mediengeschichtlichen Kontext von Friedrich Heinrich Jacobis Eduard Allwills Papiere The Horror of Coming Home: Integration and Fragmentation in Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's ""Der Abtrünnige"" Form and Contention: Sati as Custom in Günderrode's ""Die Malabarischen Witwen"" Absolute Signification and Ontological Inconsistency in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann Educational Environments: Narration and Education in Campe, Goethe, and Kleist ""War Goethe ein Mohammedaner?"": Goethes West-östlicher Divan (1819) als Spiegelungsfläche in Thomas Lehrs September. Fata Morgana (2010) Book Reviews"

Reviews

Author Information

ELISABETH KRIMMER is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions