UID:
almahu_9949461043302882
Format:
1 online resource (244 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2013
ISBN:
9783110925968
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9783110637830
Series Statement:
Studien zur deutschen Literatur , 127
Content:
This study explores three works in which the protagonist undertakes to fashion a literary artwork out of himself: Ovid's »Ars Amatoria«, Kierkegaard's »Diary of the Seducer«, and Thomas Mann's »Felix Krull«. For each work, particular attention is paid to the self-conscious interplay between the author's project of book-making and the character's project of self-making, as well as to the effect of changing notions of self-identity on the protagonist's attempt at life as literature. For »Felix Krull«, this includes a sustained analysis of Mann's incorporation and problematization of various Nietzschean models of aesthestics, reality, and self-identity. In Ovid and Kierkegaard, this study also considers a related project, the attempt to fashion a literary artwork out of another, namely out of a woman.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1: Ovid and the Ars Amatoria --
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Chapter 2: Kierkegaard and the »Diary of the Seducer« --
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Chapter 3: Thomas Mann and the early Felix Krull --
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Chapter 4: Thomas Mann and the late Felix Krull --
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Conclusion --
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Bibliography
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Literary and Cultural Studies - 1990 - 1999, De Gruyter, 9783110637830
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783484181274
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110925968
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110925968
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110925968
