TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swales,Martin
TI  - The German Bildungsroman from Wieland to Hesse
T2  - Princeton Essays in Literature
SN  - 9781400871315
AV  - PT747.E6 S93 1978
U1  - 833/.009 23
PY  - 1978///]
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Maturation (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Psychological fiction, German
KW  - German fiction
KW  - Maturation (Psychologie) dans la littérature
KW  - Roman allemand
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; I. The Bildungsroman as a Genre --; II. Wieland: Agathon (1767) --; III. Goethe: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-1796) --; IV. Stifter: Indian Summer (1857) --; V. Keller: Green Henry (1879-1880) --; VI. Mann: The Magic Mountain (1924) --; VII. Hesse: The Glass Bead Game (1943) --; VIII. Conclusion --; Excursus: The Bildungsroman as a Taxonomic Genre --; Index
N2  - Although some of the most distinguished German novels written since about 1770 are generally considered to be Bildungsromane, the term Bildungsroman is all too frequently used in English without an awareness of the tradition from which it arose. Professor Swales concentrates on the roles of plot, characterization, and narrative commentary in novels by Wieland, Goethe, Stifter, Keller, Mann, and Hesse. By pointing out that the goal in each work is both elusive and problematic, he suggests a previously unsuspected ironic intent. His analysis adds to our awareness of the potentialities inheren
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