Format:
XVI, 305 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
ISBN:
0199604800
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9780199604807
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-297) and indexes
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The Mignon corpus : preliminary considerations -- Mignon in Germany : from Goethe to Stifter -- Nineteenth-century French afterlives -- Nineteenth-century English afterlives -- Mignon's modern and postmodern survivals -- Mignon's songs : making music out of fiction -- The Mignon corpus : a synoptic view -- Conclusion: A future for Mignon.
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Quellen- und Literaturverz. S. [287] - 297
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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German Studies
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English Studies
Keywords:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
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Mignon Fiktive Gestalt
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Literatur
;
Bibliografie
Author information:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832
