Crafting flesh, crafting the self : violence and identity in early nineteenth-century German literature / John B. Lyon.

Author/creator Lyon, John B., 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoLewisburg [PA] : Bucknell University Press, ©2006.
Description280 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The divided self: "We think of nothing excellent without thinking of its distorted opposite": Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion -- Trauma and the self: "To find a home only in the deep scars of my wounds": Clemens Brentano's Godwi -- The self and systems of power: "To recognize the culprit by his wound": Heinrich von Kleist's The broken pitcher -- Violence and the tenacity of the self: "I am something, that's the misery of it!": Georg Büchner's Danton's death.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
LCCN 2005029451
ISBN083875631X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780838756317

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PT351 .L96 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold