The spell of Italy
Subtitle: vacation, magic, and the attraction of Goethe
By: Richard Block.
Series: Kritik, German literary theory and cultural studies; Kritik (Detroit, Mich.)
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Influence.; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.; German literature -- Italian influences.; Italy -- In literature.; Germany -- Civilization -- Italian influences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opened wounds: Winckelmann and the discovery of the art of the ancients; title: Fathers and sons in Italy: the ghosts of Goethe's past; title: Taking the words out of the father's mouth: Goethe's authorial triumph; title: On Goethe's other trail: Heinrich Heine's grand de-tour; title: The return of the repressed: Nietzsche and Freud; title: Goethe's other Italy: the devil's playground; title: Birthing Italy.