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Phantom formations : aesthetic ideology and the Bildungsroman /

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Marc Redfield maintains that the literary genre of the Bildungsroman brings into sharp focus the contradictions of aesthetics, and also that aesthetics exemplifies what is called ideology. He combines a wide-ranging account of the history and theory of aesthetics with close readings of novels by Goe...

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Main Author: Redfield, Marc, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Bildungsromans > History and criticism.
German fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
European fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Roman allemand > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman européen > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Aesthetics, Modern
Bildungsromans
European fiction
German fiction
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Aesthetic Ideology
  • 2. The Phantom Bildungsroman
  • 3. Ghostly Bildung: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
  • 4. The Dissection of the State: Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre and the Politics of Aesthetics
  • Postscript: The Trouble with Schiller
  • 5. The Aesthetics of Sympathy: George Eliot's Telepathy Machine
  • 6. Aesthetics and History: L'Education sentimentale
  • 7. Conclusions.