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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



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*I. The Bildungsroman as a Genre, pg. 9*II. Wieland: Agathon (1767), pg. 38*III. Goethe: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-1796), pg. 57*IV. Stifter: Indian Summer (1857), pg. 74*V. Keller: Green Henry (1879-1880), pg. 86*VI. Mann: The Magic Mountain (1924), pg. 105*VII. Hesse: The Glass Bead Game (1943), pg. 129*VIII. Conclusion, pg. 146*Excursus: The Bildungsroman as a Taxonomic Genre, pg. 161*Index, pg. 169

The German Bildungsroman from Wieland to Hesse

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691614045, 978-0691614045
      ISBN10: 0691614040
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*I. The Bildungsroman as a Genre, pg. 9*II. Wieland: Agathon (1767), pg. 38*III. Goethe: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-1796), pg. 57*IV. Stifter: Indian Summer (1857), pg. 74*V. Keller: Green Henry (1879-1880), pg. 86*VI. Mann: The Magic Mountain (1924), pg. 105*VII. Hesse: The Glass Bead Game (1943), pg. 129*VIII. Conclusion, pg. 146*Excursus: The Bildungsroman as a Taxonomic Genre, pg. 161*Index, pg. 169

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