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Mignon's afterlives : crossing cultures from Goethe to the twenty-first century /

Terence Cave traces the afterlives of Mignon, an apparently minor character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, through the European cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The enigmatic and fascinating Mignon reappears in wide range of different works, mainly narrative fiction but a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cave, Terence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832 > Characters > Mignon.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832
Mignon (Fictitious character)
European literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
European literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Littérature européenne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature européenne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
European literature
Languages & Literatures.
Germanic Literature.
Literature - General.
1800-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Terence Cave traces the afterlives of Mignon, an apparently minor character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, through the European cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The enigmatic and fascinating Mignon reappears in wide range of different works, mainly narrative fiction but also poetry, song, opera, and film.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191731624
0191731625