The old retold
Subtitle: archetypal patterns in German literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
By: H.J. Schueler.
Series: American university studies.; vol. 106
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Frye, Northrop -- Influence.; German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Archetypes in literature.; Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Description: Applying archetypal criticism, and more particularly Northrop Frye's understanding of the nature of literature, this book investigates archetypal patterns in German literature from Goethe's Faust to Dorst's Merlin. The Old Retold attempts to illuminate the archetypal unity of German literature and to reveal it as a continuum beyond the chronology of conventionally accepted periods and movements. Frye's critical mode is introduced to an area in which it is largely unknown or ignored.

The collection demonstrates that this approach can be fruitfully used to shed new light on German literature of the past two hundred years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135).