Crafting Flesh, Crafting the Self: Violence and Identity in Early Nineteenth-century German LiteratureThis book analyzes wounded human bodies in early nineteenth-century German literature and traces their connection to changing philosophical models of the self. It argues that literary representations and metaphors of violence against the body not only offer powerful physical referents for a concept of self, but that they also define violence as an integral component of the self. |
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33 This indicates that he was aware of the persuasive , even manipulative power
of rhetoric ; in Danton ' s Death he thematizes its manipulative potential ,
demonstrating that rhetoric is ultimately formal and can be employed to support
various ...
33 This indicates that he was aware of the persuasive , even manipulative power
of rhetoric ; in Danton ' s Death he thematizes its manipulative potential ,
demonstrating that rhetoric is ultimately formal and can be employed to support
various ...
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The final sentence is a tautology : “ after an hour , sixty minutes will have passed .
” In stating the self - evident , Danton questions it : in particular , he questions the
possibility of change over time . Where Camille and Herault speak of progress ...
The final sentence is a tautology : “ after an hour , sixty minutes will have passed .
” In stating the self - evident , Danton questions it : in particular , he questions the
possibility of change over time . Where Camille and Herault speak of progress ...
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83 Such wholeness proves irresistibly attractive to Danton , who asks , “ Warum
kann ich deine Schönheit nicht ganz in mich fassen , sie nicht ganz umschließen
? ” [ Why can ' t I contain your beauty in me completely , surround it entirely ? ] ...
83 Such wholeness proves irresistibly attractive to Danton , who asks , “ Warum
kann ich deine Schönheit nicht ganz in mich fassen , sie nicht ganz umschließen
? ” [ Why can ' t I contain your beauty in me completely , surround it entirely ? ] ...
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Inhalt
Acknowledgments | 9 |
We think of nothing excellent without | 36 |
To find a home only in the deep | 78 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Crafting Flesh, Crafting the Self: Violence and Identity in Early Nineteenth-century German Literature |
| Autor/in | John B. Lyon |
| Verlag | Bucknell University Press, 2006 |
| Original von | die University of Virginia |
| Digitalisiert | 6. Mai 2008 |
| ISBN | 083875631X, 9780838756317 |
| Länge | 280 Seiten |
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