Fictions of legibility : the human face and body in modern German novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin /
Stoicea, Gabriela,
Fictions of legibility : the human face and body in modern German novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin / Gabriela Stoicea. - 1 online resource (197 pages) : color illustrations - Lettre . - Lettre (Transcript (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- The Body in Perspective: Sophie von La Roche's Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim (1771) -- Historical Background -- The Body as "Versable" Type: Friedrich Spielhagen's Zum Zeitvertreib (1897) -- The Soul-Stripped Body: Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Open Access
"Gabriela Stoicea examines how the incidence and role of physical descriptions in German novels changed between 1771 and 1929 in response to developments in the study of the human face and body. As well as engaging the tools and methods of literary analysis, the study uses a cultural studies approach to offer a constellation of ideas and polemics surrounding the readability of the human body. By including discussions from the medical sciences, epistemology, semiotics, and aesthetics, the book draws out the multi-faceted permutations of corporeal legibility, as well as its relevance for the development of the novel and for facilitating inter-disciplinary dialogue."--
In English, with quoted passages in German.
3839447208 9783839447208
10.14361/9783839447208 doi
German literature--History and criticism.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Face in literature.
Body language in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German.
Body language in literature.
Face in literature.
Fiction.
German literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PT741 / .S86 2020eb
833.009
Fictions of legibility : the human face and body in modern German novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin / Gabriela Stoicea. - 1 online resource (197 pages) : color illustrations - Lettre . - Lettre (Transcript (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- The Body in Perspective: Sophie von La Roche's Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim (1771) -- Historical Background -- The Body as "Versable" Type: Friedrich Spielhagen's Zum Zeitvertreib (1897) -- The Soul-Stripped Body: Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Open Access
"Gabriela Stoicea examines how the incidence and role of physical descriptions in German novels changed between 1771 and 1929 in response to developments in the study of the human face and body. As well as engaging the tools and methods of literary analysis, the study uses a cultural studies approach to offer a constellation of ideas and polemics surrounding the readability of the human body. By including discussions from the medical sciences, epistemology, semiotics, and aesthetics, the book draws out the multi-faceted permutations of corporeal legibility, as well as its relevance for the development of the novel and for facilitating inter-disciplinary dialogue."--
In English, with quoted passages in German.
3839447208 9783839447208
10.14361/9783839447208 doi
German literature--History and criticism.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Face in literature.
Body language in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German.
Body language in literature.
Face in literature.
Fiction.
German literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PT741 / .S86 2020eb
833.009