{"product_id":"the-eye-and-the-gaze-goethe-and-the-autobiographical-subject-9783034313568","title":"The Eye and the Gaze: Goethe and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, a dominant figure in European literature and intellectual life, was the creator of a new and influential visual culture. This volume investigates a new science of perception through an exploration of his autobiographical works, novels and writings on optics. The psychoanalytic approach taken in this study focuses on central acts of perception and the role of vision in Goethe as key to the formation of identity. By addressing the impact of visuality on the act of writing, new interpretations of his most important works emerge through analysis of subject formation in the autobiographies, \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Truth\u003c\/i\u003e. Further, the relationship between the self and the gaze plays a central role in the semi-autobiographical works, \u003ci\u003eThe Elective Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eColor Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. In exploring the question of identity and identification within a Lacanian framework, \u003ci\u003eThe Eye and the Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e offers an innovative approach to biography, autobiography, and narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«Der weite Blickwinkel auf die Relation von Visualität und autobiographischer Dimension in G.s Werk ermöglicht einen vielversprechenden Grenzgang zwischen Literaturwissenschaft und Psychoanalyse mit einem umfangreichen Bildmaterial.»\u003cbr\u003e (Klaus Schenk, GERMANISTIK Internationales Referatenorgan mit bibliographischen Hinweisen Band 59, Heft 1-2\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: The Eye and the Gaze: Goethe and the Autobiographical Subject – The Transformative View: Goethe’s Italian Journey – Birth in Language: Goethe’s Biographical Masquerade – The End of Language: Goethe, Lavater and the Eye\/I of Physiognomy – Werther Fever: Cause and Cure – The Narcissistic I\/Eye: Performance, Politics and Specular Lessons – Images of Desire: Tableaux Vivants in Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eElective Affinities – \u003c\/i\u003eSpecular Confessions: Goethe on Newton and Lavater.","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043629760855,"sku":"9783034313568","price":65.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034313568.jpg?v=1750958944","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-eye-and-the-gaze-goethe-and-the-autobiographical-subject-9783034313568","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}