Revisionen des Mythos
Subtitle: Hiob als Denkfigur der Kontingenzbewältigung in der deutschen Literatur
By: Clemens Heydenreich
Series: Hermaea -- Band 135
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: ger
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9783110363746
Subjects: German literature; In literature; History and criticism
Description: "Job has inspired German literature like no other Old Testament figure. This volume looks at variants of the story of Job, reading the Book of Job as a meta-myth about literature that has symbolized mastery of contingent fate. Each of the Job texts from the 12th through the 20th centuries offers us a contemporary answer to the question: how much freedom of action does man have, and how much of his fate is determined by a 'higher power'?"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.