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Metamimesis : imitation in Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and early German romanticism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pirholt, Mattias, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2012.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832. > Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.
Mimesis in literature.
Romanticism > Germany.
Table of Contents:
  • Romanticism, mimesis, and the novel
  • Double-entry imagery: Johann Wolfgang Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
  • Imitation and indolence: Friedrich Schlegel's Lucinde
  • Imitation and simulation: Novalis's Heinrich von Ofterdingen
  • Beyond romantic representation: Clemens Brentano's Godwi
  • Conclusions: mimesis and the critical politics of Romanticism.