num_pages: 154
description: The novelty of this study lies in its techniques for understanding the deliberate narrative contradictions and elusive parody in Goethe's work. Interpretation of the entire Unterhaltungen , including the Marchen, establishes Goethe's principles of cyclical composition. By pursuing the elaboration of these principles in the Wanderjahre --the undependable narrator, multiple perspectives, and parody of popular eighteenth-century figures--the author interprets the cultural and social significance of Goethe's most sophisticated novel.
language: English
title: Goethe's Cyclical Narratives: Die Unterhaltungen Deutscher Ausgewanderten and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre
titlecomplete: Goethe's Cyclical Narratives: Die Unterhaltungen Deutscher Ausgewanderten and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre (University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a)
publisher: University of North Carolina Press 1974.