Goethe's Cyclical Narratives
Subtitle: "Die Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten" and "Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre"
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781469657189
Subjects: Literature: history & criticism
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 Märchen, 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.
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